JWST reveals likely Type II supernova from when universe was only 2 billion years old

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified one of the most distant exploding stars ever confirmed. The ...
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Scientists reveal true shape of exploding supernova – and it’s like an olive

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...
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Astronomers caught the first sign of a star 30 times more massive than the Sun exploding, then tracked its supernova for nearly three months

In March, a brief flash of X-rays lit up the sky in a distant galaxy. It lasted only moments, but it carried a profound message: a star had just begun to die. Get breaking news anytime, anywhere.