Thanks to old photos, NASA scientists found what happens before a supernova explodes

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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Scientists reveal true shape of exploding supernova – and it’s like an olive

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Locates Former Star That Exploded as Supernova

Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, ...
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Scientists capture rare glimpse of exploding supernova star

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

NASA'S James Webb Space Telescope uncovers former star that exploded into a supernova

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to discover a former star that ...
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Most distant supernova: James Webb sees a star explode at cosmic dawn

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...