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New Crab Nebula image captured by James Webb Space Telescope offers unique glimpse at 'unusual'...
FOX 25 Boston· 6 days agoThe Crab Nebula, located in the constellation Taurus, is the result of a supernova explosion that...
U of A grad student helps explore cosmos for supernovae
Arizona Daily Star· 1 day agoOver the last year, DeCoursey and her team scoured images, obtained as part of the JWST Advanced...
This Is Racing Through Our Galaxy at Top Speed
newser· 5 days ago"In this kind of supernova, the white dwarf is completely destroyed, so its companion is released and flies off at whatever orbital speed it was...
How to see "once-in-a-lifetime" nova explosion over US skies
Newsweek· 11 hours agoCrB, is a binary star system located about 3,000 light-years from Earth. Usually too dim to see with...
Slow-Motion Supernovae Prove Einstein Right Again
Scientific American· 3 days agoCalled time dilation, this effect grows in intensity the closer to the speed of light that something travels, but it is strangely subjective: a passenger...
Stargazers Alert: NASA Predicts Spectacular Star Explosion This Summer
The New York Sun· 5 days agoNASA has announced that a rare star explosion known as a nova, will be visible to the naked eye...
Galactic Bloodlines: The Surprising Ancestry of Nearby Star Clusters
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoMany nearby star clusters, originating from just three “families,” have a formation history marked...
Celestial discovery: Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole awaken in real time
ABC7 News· 7 hours agoA sudden spike in the galaxy's brightness had been automatically detected by the Zwicky Transient...
Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, image)
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEver since it exploded as a supernova, the star's shell of material has been expanding at some 900...
For the First Time Ever, Scientists Witnessed a Black Hole Waking Up
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“Suddenly, its [core] starts showing dramatic changes in brightness, unlike any typical events we've...