35 years ago, a star exploded — now, the Webb Telescope could explain why - Inverse

Astronomers hope to employ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to understand what happened after this star exploded

The first supernova visible to the naked eye in more than 400 years was an explosion in 1987 that blazed with the power of 100 million suns for months. Dubbed SN 1987A, it was the first supernova … [+4251 chars]

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