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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 ...

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) / ...

Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of the brightest exploding stars in more than 400 years. The titanic supernova, called Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), blazed with the power of 100 million suns ...

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 ...

Within the dusty cloud left behind by supernova 1987A, the most famous stellar explosion in modern history, astronomers have found compelling evidence for a long-sought neutron star. NASA’s James Webb ...

Recent observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed new details about the fiery ring surrounding the stellar explosion that produced Supernova 1987A. The data give insight into the ...

One of the universe’s most iconic supernovae has been observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), revealing its structure in greater detail than ever before. SN 1987A is a supernova that lies ...

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 ...

Surprisingly low temperatures detected in the remnant of the supernova 1987A may explain the mystery of why space is so abundant with dust grains and molecules. The results will be presented by Dr.

For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the magnetism in one of astronomy's most studied objects: the remains of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), a dying star that appeared in our skies over ...

Recent observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed new details about the fiery ring surrounding the stellar explosion that produced Supernova 1987A. The data give insight into the ...