SN 1987A, which occurred about 168,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), was first spotted in late February 1987. It was the closest visible supernova in almost 400 years ...

Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) is a significant astronomical event that occurred in 1987, marking the closest observed supernova in over 400 years. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, this ...

A research team at the , Academia Sinica (ASIAA) has achieved groundbreaking insights into the physics of supernova shockwaves. Using the powerful Kawas computing cluster at ASIAA, the team conducted ...

Caption Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) captured this detailed image of SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). At the center, material ejected from the supernova forms a keyhole shape. Just to its ...

so SN 1987A presented astronomers with a rare opportunity to study the phases before, during and after the death of a star. There’s been nothing that close since. In fact, a supernova hasn’t ...

Combination of a Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A and the compact argon source ... and right of the inner ring are unrelated to the supernova.

 Nasa said that the supernova, known as SN 1987A, was a core-collapse supernova, which means that the compacted remains at its core formed either a neutron star or a black hole. This is the ...