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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.

After almost 40 years, astronomers are finally getting a closer look at SN 1987A's dramatic death.

Arklow Municipal District staff have committed to progressing CCTV and a third public lighting study on a problematic road where a local shopkeeper was recently hospitalised in an assault by a raider who had a fake gun.

Decades-long quest ends as the landmark observatory detects signs of the 1987 blast’s central neutron star. Decades-long quest ends as the landmark observatory detects signs of the 1987 blast’s central neutron star.

The James Webb Space Telescope has solved the mystery of what one of the brightest supernovae in history left behind.

Signs of highly ionized atoms in dusty clouds at SN 1987A’s explosion site suggest a powerful source of X-rays — likely a neutron star — lurks within.

Scientists have finally identified the progeny of that supernova - an enormously dense object called a neutron star. Two instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that observed the supernova at infrared wavelengths spotted telltale chemical evidence involving argon and sulfur atoms indicating that a newborn neutron star is shrouded behind the debris left over from the blast, researchers said on Thursday. Such explosions can forge two different kinds of exotic compact objects: a blac...

What lies at the heart of supernova SN 1987A has been a mystery for four decades. Now, Dr Patrick Kavanagh and a team of astronomers have found an answer.

The James Webb Space Telescope has solved the mystery of what one of the brightest supernovae in history left behind.

What lies at the heart of supernova SN 1987A has been a mystery for four decades. Now, Dr Patrick Kavanagh and a team of astronomers have found an answer.…