The golden compound eye of the most powerful space telescope ever built has given us new insight into a star we saw exploding just 36 years ago.
In the intervening years, scientists have avidly watched the development of SN 1987A as it bloomed from a blaze of light first seen in February 1987 to a fully fledged supernova remnant. At a distance of just 168,000 light-years, ensconced in the Large Magellanic Cloud that orbits the Milky Way, the object has given us unprecedented insight into the evolution of a core collapse supernova.
Source: www.sciencealert.com
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