The star is about 30 times more massive than our sun and has already shed 10 suns’ worth of gas and dust. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recently unveiled some breathtaking views of the last stages of a … Read More
Astronomers have seen a huge star explode in a fiery supernova for the first time ever. The event was even more spectacular than the scientists had expected. According to a new study published in the Astrophysical Journal on January 6, … Read More
For the first time, astronomers witnessed a massive star explode in a fiery supernova — and the spectacle was even more explosive than the researchers had anticipated. According to a new study published in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists began watching … Read More
Supernova 1987A is a supernova remnant in the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The remnant was formed when a massive star exploded, which we witnessed here on Earth in February 1987. Since then, the remnant has … Read More
NASA has released an image taken by the Hubble telescope of a giant monstrous space ‘Pac-Man’ munching its way across the Cosmos. That isn’t a happy Pac-Man munching its way across the Universe. Even so, this stellar explosion remnant resembles … Read More
A rare nova visible to the eye If you look carefully into the night sky, you might spot a star that wasn’t visible last week. A star named RS Ophiuchi, located about 4,566 light-years away in the equatorial constellation of … Read More