James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova
Looking like a pearl necklace, the object known as SN1987A is the closest star explosion to Earth.
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Looking like a pearl necklace, the object known as SN1987A is the closest star explosion to Earth.
A luminous oval approximately 163,000 light-years distant poses a formidable challenge for the state-of-the-art space observatory.
The James Webb Space Telescope has provided one of the most detailed views yet of the stunning supernova remnant SN 1987A, created from a destructive explosion.
The enormous waves are the result of gravitational tides in a binary star system dragging around stellar material.
The enormous waves are the result of gravitational tides dragging around stellar material.