The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star.Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, C. Fransson (Stockholm University), M. Matsuura (Cardiff University), M. J. Barlow (University College…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of a recently observed supernova. The supernova, known as SN 1987A, was a core-collapse supernova, meaning the compacted…
Researchers have tracked the development of supernova 1987A since the stellar explosion beganNASA/STScI/CfA/P.Challis
Scientists have finally figured out what is at the centre of a nearby supernova. Supernova 1987A…
1 IntroductionIn the Galactic ecosystem, fast particles play a crucial role in ionization of molecular material (influencing star and planet formation), in regulating the interstellar magnetic field, and perhaps in driving a Galactic…