This amazing space wallpaper shows an artist’s impression of the material around a recently exploded star, known as Supernova 1987A (or SN 1987A).

JWST’s new photo also shows SN 1987A’s equatorial ring, which connects the two faint arms that create its Venn diagram or hourglass shape.

SN 1987A, the closest supernova to Earth in generations, may have just had the first signature of its remnant spotted, and it appears to be a non-pulsing neutron star. NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the magnetism in one of astronomy's most studied objects: the remains of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), a dying star that appeared in our skies ...

This brilliant star explosion, called Supernova 1987A, occurred only 160,000 light-years from Earth in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way known as the Large Magellanic Cloud.When it was first ...

Aug. 31, 2023 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has begun the study of one of the most renowned supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). Located 168,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic ...