Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has begun a groundbreaking study of the renowned supernova, SN 1987A. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, approximately 1,68,000 light-years from Earth, this supernova has been under intense scrutiny across various wavelengths for nearly four decades since its discovery in February 1987. While these structures have been observed to varying degrees by Nasa's Hubble and …
A supernova is a massive explosion of a star, leaving behind nothing of it. However, recently, scientists were taken by surprise when they found that the supernova didn’t destroy the star and made it brighter. After observing a supernova of such a star through the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists witnessed that a star remained alive even after the explosion and …