NASA has detected a precursor or progenitor to a supernova for the first time – and it's all thanks to old photos.
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Supernovas are hard to detect. Scientists just found a way to spot them hours after they explode
The early stages of a supernova explosion are revelatory in what they can reveal about stars that go boom. But while catching them immediately after they detonate has proven largely elusive, ...
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time identified the progenitor of a nearby supernova -- a red supergiant star cloaked in thick, dust-rich shrouds that ...
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NASA’s Webb telescope locates star that exploded in nearby galaxy 40 million years ago
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified the progenitor star of supernova 2025pht, a stellar explosion that occurred 40 million years ago in the galaxy NGC 1637. This discovery, detailed in a ...
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