Tag: 1987A

Hubble Chronicles Brightening of Ring around Supernova 1987A

This time-lapse video sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images reveals dramatic changes in a ring of material around the exploded star Supernova 1987A. The images, taken from 1994 to 2016, …

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Zooming in on Supernova 1987A

The video begins with a nighttime view of the Small and Large Magellanic clouds, satellite galaxies of our Milky Way. It then zooms into a rich star-birth region in the …

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Supernova II (SN 1987A) 1988 NASA JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

more at “Describes the recent discovery of the supernova SN 1987A on February 23, 1987. NASA scientists explain how natural nucleosynthesis (formation of heavy elements) occurs when a supernova is …