02-24-2024, 11:32 PM
https://www.science.org/content/article/...found-last
When a nearby star exploded in 1987, it created the first supernova visible to the naked eye in 4 centuries and became one of the most intensely studied objects in space. Now, after more than 35 years of searching, researchers have finally discovered the cinder left behind. Using NASA’s new giant space telescope JWST, astronomers spotted glowing gas at the center of the blast that can only have been energized by something hot and compact inside it, they report this week in Science. They believe a neutron star, all that remains of the shattered star, is responsible.
For once the cliché is appropriate: “This is the smoking gun,” says astronomer Emanuele Greco of the Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory of Palermo. “It’s a breakthrough in the sense of the information we will get about such an extreme and young object.”
Interesting find... I'm a few years too young to have witnessed the supernova myself, but I have sometimes wondered what became of it!
Now that we've found it, though, it provides a golden opportunity to learn about a neutron star in its youth
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When a nearby star exploded in 1987, it created the first supernova visible to the naked eye in 4 centuries and became one of the most intensely studied objects in space. Now, after more than 35 years of searching, researchers have finally discovered the cinder left behind. Using NASA’s new giant space telescope JWST, astronomers spotted glowing gas at the center of the blast that can only have been energized by something hot and compact inside it, they report this week in Science. They believe a neutron star, all that remains of the shattered star, is responsible.
For once the cliché is appropriate: “This is the smoking gun,” says astronomer Emanuele Greco of the Giuseppe S. Vaiana Astronomical Observatory of Palermo. “It’s a breakthrough in the sense of the information we will get about such an extreme and young object.”
Interesting find... I'm a few years too young to have witnessed the supernova myself, but I have sometimes wondered what became of it!
Now that we've found it, though, it provides a golden opportunity to learn about a neutron star in its youth
.
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