Superluminous supernova proclaims the death of a star at cosmic high noon
Ten billion years ago, a massive star ended its life in a brilliant explosion three times as bright as all of the stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, combined. News of its death, which recently reached Earth, was detected in the Dark Energy Survey being carried out with DECam at the CTIO Blanco telescope (pictured, above right). The supernova is one of the most distant ever discovered and confirmed.
Credit:Observers: D. Gerdes and S. Jouvel; Inset Image Credit: T. Abbott and NOAO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
Id: | noaoann17007a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | July 21, 2017 |
Related announcements: | noaoann17007 |
Size: | 848 x 400 px |
About the Object
Category: | Galaxies |