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NASA’s balloon mission GUSTO broke the record for the longest flight time by a heavy lift, long-duration balloon on Feb. 24, topping the previous record holder which lasted for 55 days, 1 hour, and 34 minutes.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted a neutron star that evaded detection for 37 years. It lives in Supernova 1987A, the aftermath of a stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Neutron star is only 20kms from end to end, yet weighs 1 1/2 times our sun

Meet the biggest and largest stars in our Universe that are hundreds of times bigger than our own Sun. These include the biggest, UY Scuti.

Scientists have finally found the compact object at the heart of the famous supernova of 1987, and it’s not a black hole

<p>In the study, published in the journal <em>Science</em>, researchers used two instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), MIRI and NIRSpec, to observe the supernova at infrared wavelengths and found evidence of heavy argon and sulphur atoms whose outer electrons had been stripped off (i.e. the atoms had been ionised) close to where the star explosion occurred.</p> <p>The team modelled various scenarios and found that these atoms could only have been ion...

An international team of astronomers including UCL’s Professor Mike Barlow has discovered the first conclusive evidence that a neutron star exists at the centre of Supernova 1987A, a star explosion observed 37 years ago.

In 1987, Earth's sky was lit up by a rare spectacle.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted a neutron star in Supernova 1987A, the aftermath of a stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The discovery of the neutron star at the center of the supernova finally puts to an end a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over three decades.