Intriguingly, there is evidence for a close conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in the year 2 B.C. and three times during 7-6 B.C. Was the “Star of Bethlehem” a supernova? This is Kepler's ...

There’s been nothing that close since. In fact, a supernova hasn’t been seen within the Milky Way since 1604 when German astronomer Johannes Kepler observed observed one shining in daylight ...

It was the closest visible supernova in almost 400 years, since Kepler's Supernova, observed in 1604. Previous studies have found that SN 1987A was a Type II SN that brightened rapidly and reached ...

Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe observed a supernova in 1572, and German astronomer Johannes Kepler documented one in 1604 that was so bright it could be seen in daytime. But the supernova of 1987 ...

The dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4214 resides about 10 million light-years away. The galaxy’s relative proximity, combined with the wide variety of evolutionary stages among its stars. This image from ...