Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, 2025, where it was detected by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae. Astronomers immediately turned their resources to this new supernova, designated 2025pht, […]
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Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Science & Research, Spiral Galaxies, Stars, Supernovae, The Universe
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February 23, 2026
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