On February 24, 1987, an unexpected cosmic explosion rocked the astronomical community. Dubbed Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), the fiery event — triggered by the implosion of a massive star — was the ...

On the night of February 23, 1987, the first light reached Earth from the death of a massive star in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). For those in the Southern Hemisphere, a new star appeared ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. At the core of all type II supernova explosions, a remnant of the ...

Astronomers now have evidence from two X-ray telescopes (Chandra and NuSTAR) for a key component of a famous supernova remnant. This latest study shows that a "pulsar wind nebula" created by such a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first imaged Supernova 1987A (SN) in September 2022. The image captured a mysterious dusty and gassy center that formed during the supernova’s explosion. The dust ...

Moving on: SN 1987A is entering a new era. (Courtesy: NASA / ESA / A Angelich (NRAO / AUI / NSF) / R Kirshner (Harvard–Smithsonian CfA / Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation) / ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) / ...

Light from an exploding star in a neighboring galaxy has suddenly begun to glow brighter as the shock wave and X-rays hit surrounding debris. What we are witnessing the the change from an active ...

A new study, published in Science and co-authored by Dr Patrick Kavanagh of Maynooth University’s Experimental Physics Department, has provided the first conclusive evidence for the presence of the ...

This new image of the supernova remnant SN 1987A was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in January 2017 using its Wide Field Camera 3. SN 1987A is located in the centre of the image amidst a ...

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In 1987, light from an exploding star in a neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, reached Earth. Named Supernova 1987A, it was the closest supernova explosion witnessed in almost 400 years, ...

High resolution images are available at http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/phot-32-08.html Over a decade after it exploded, one of the nearest ...