Animation Of Red Supergiant Star Going Supernova

This artist’s animation shows a star going supernova. About 22 million light-years away the supernova, SN 2024ggi, exploded in the galaxy NGC 3621. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers managed to capture the very early stage of the supernova when the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. Observing the breakout so early on 26 hours after the supernova was first detected revealed its true shape. The supernova broke out in an olive-like form. This marks the first ever observat

You're looking at the longest X-ray timelapse of a supernova ever captured. In 1604, a new star appeared in the night sky. It was so bright it outshone Jupiter for weeks. Today, we know what caused it: a white dwarf star exploded — a Type Ia supernova — blasting itself apart in one of the most powerful events in the universe. More than 400 years later, we’re still watching its aftermath unfold. Using 25 years of data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have released the longest X-