LSMFT wrote in :

wrote:
"The brightest explosion of a star ever seen
temporarily blinded a satellite set up to watch
such events, astronomers said on Wednesday."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100715/...us_space_burst

Wait until we have one in the local group.

Betelgeuse seems likely; it's 300-600 ly from us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#Fate

--Damon