A research team at the , Academia Sinica (ASIAA) has achieved groundbreaking insights into the physics of supernova ...

SN 1987A, which occurred about 168,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), was first spotted in late February 1987. It was the closest visible supernova in almost 400 years ...

Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) is a significant astronomical event that occurred in 1987, marking the closest observed supernova in over 400 years. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, this ...

A previous supernova, called supernova 1987A, occurred in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud. A gamma ray telescope was observing the supernova, but it wasn't ...

so SN 1987A presented astronomers with a rare opportunity to study the phases before, during and after the death of a star. There’s been nothing that close since. In fact, a supernova hasn’t ...

Combination of a Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A and the compact argon source ... and right of the inner ring are unrelated to the supernova.

SNR 0519 is a supernova remnant (SNR) made up of thin, blood-red shells of gas. It is the remnant of a star that exploded as a supernova about 600 years ago. This image, shows Supernova 1987a (center) ...

A recent message described the features of Supernova 1987A, the nearest supernova to the Earth in 300 years, and compared it to previously sighted supernovas. In an effort to increase its ...