Post by Odysseus on Sept 1, 2023 17:55:59 GMT
It's like a celestial pearl necklace.
This is an image of a supernova - an exploded star - taken by the new super space telescope James Webb (JWST).
SN1987A, as it's known, is one of the most famous and studied objects in the southern hemisphere sky.
When the star went boom in 1987, it was the nearest, brightest supernova to be seen from Earth in almost 400 years. And now the $10bn (£8bn) Webb observatory is showing us details never revealed before. ...
This is an image of a supernova - an exploded star - taken by the new super space telescope James Webb (JWST).
SN1987A, as it's known, is one of the most famous and studied objects in the southern hemisphere sky.
When the star went boom in 1987, it was the nearest, brightest supernova to be seen from Earth in almost 400 years. And now the $10bn (£8bn) Webb observatory is showing us details never revealed before. ...