supernova

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Our colleagues in Stockholm first noticed the supernova but it was us who spotted that the light had been bent into multiple images.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

When a massive star exhausts its nuclear fuel, its core collapses and triggers a dramatic explosion known as a supernova.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

There he will work with Professor Dan Kasen, the scientist who originally proposed the magnetar powered supernova model.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

"It is the first time General Relativity has been invoked to describe the mechanics of a supernova."

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Telescopes could now take thousands of pictures and let a computer detect the telltale bright spots that marked a supernova explosion.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson