Combination of a Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A and the compact argon source. The faint blue source in the centre is the emission from the compact source detected with the JWST/NIRSpec ...

In August of that year, Hubble made one of its first discoveries, capturing a glowing 1.3 light-years diameter elliptical ring of gas around the center of the explosion of supernova 1987A on the ...

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 ...

To emphasize the point, the most recent supernova to be visible to the naked eye, SN 1987A, exploded on the ... false color) and Hubble Space Telescope optical data in yellow.