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10 Year old Canadian discovers Supernova

June 17, 2018January 6, 2011 by Dave

The BBC reports that 10 year old Canadian schoolgirl, Kathryn Gray, discovered a magnitude 17 supernova last Sunday. I believe that the correct scientific technical term for this is, “Wow” … its solid proof that cutting-edge science need not be exclusive to the silver haired set, its for all, or at least anybody curious enough … Read more

New Hubble Observations of Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave

June 30, 2019September 25, 2010 by Dave

This is a new image of 1987A taken by Hubble back in January this year, but was released a couple of weeks ago. OK, why the name 1987A … well basically because it was first discovered in … yep, you guessed it … 1987. What you have here is a Supernova in the Large Magellanic … Read more