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  2. Scientists discover ‘staggering’ features in massive Milky ...

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    Now, a new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the closest and most detailed look inside the exploded star, according to astronomers. Analyzing the image could help ...

  3. A huge star just exploded, and you can actually see it - AOL

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    Boom.In the colossal Pinwheel galaxy, 25 million light-years away, a star has just exploded and is even visible through small telescopes. The supernova-hunting astronomer Koichi Itagaki discovered ...

  4. Scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova - AOL

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    The findings, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, also indicate that the giant star, located in a neighboring galaxy called Messier 101, likely left behind a black hole after it exploded.

  5. Supernova - Wikipedia

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    The word supernova has the plural form supernovae (/-v iː /) or supernovas and is often abbreviated as SN or SNe. It is derived from the Latin word nova, meaning ' new ', which refers to what appears to be a temporary new bright star. Adding the prefix "super-" distinguishes supernovae from ordinary novae, which are far less luminous.

  6. Gamma-ray burst - Wikipedia

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    The Space Variable Objects Monitor is a small X-ray telescope satellite for studying the explosions of massive stars by analysing the resulting gamma-ray bursts, developed by China National Space Administration (CNSA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the French Space Agency , [45] launched on 22 June 2024 (07:00:00 UTC).

  7. Human presence in space - Wikipedia

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    The ISS has hosted the most people in space at the same time, reaching 13 for the first time during the eleven day docking of STS-127 in 2009. [48] STS-131 and Expedition 23 crew members gather for a group portrait of 13 in 2010, which set the record of four women at the same time in space. [49]

  8. Astronomers observe celestial 'ticking time bomb' for first time

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    For the first time, astronomers have observed the final days and death throes of a red supergiant star before its final collapse and massive explosion into a. For the first time, astronomers have ...

  9. WHL0137-LS - Wikipedia

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    WHL0137-LS, also known as Earendel, is a star located in the constellation of Cetus.Discovered in 2022 by the Hubble Space Telescope, it is the earliest and most distant known star, at a comoving distance of 28 billion light-years (8.6 billion parsecs).