NASA just released a new image from its Webb Space Telescope of renowned supernova SN 1987A, located 168,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was first discovered in February 1987, ...

David Malin Anglo Australian Telescope. Astronomers now know what became of a star that exploded in 1987, close enough for the bright light of the supernova to be visible in the night sky. With ...

Three decades ago, a massive stellar explosion sent shockwaves not only through space but also through the astronomical community. SN 1987A was the closest observed supernova to Earth since the ...

Dust particles form as dying red giant stars throw off material and become part of interstellar clouds of various sizes, densities and temperatures. his cosmic dust is then destroyed by supernova ...

A University of Michigan study published March 13 found evidence that Crow instability— a line-vortex instability that occurs when the wingtip of an aircraft interacts with condensed water, called ...

"The best-case scenario for axions is Fermi catches a supernova. It's just that the chance of that is small." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - When a star up to 20 times the mass of our sun exploded in a nearby galaxy, the blast was so violent that it was visible to the naked eye from Earth's southern ...

(Nanowerk News) Supernovae are the spectacular end result of the collapse of stars more massive than 8-10 times the mass of the sun. Besides being the main sources of chemical elements such as carbon, ...

Data from NuSTAR and Chandra provide evidence for the existence of a structure known as a "pulsar wind nebula" at the center of the Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A). A pulsar wind nebula (shown as an ...