Tag Archive for 'Wind nebula'

The superluminous supernova SN 2017egm was discovered by ESA’s Gaia mission on May 23, 2017; it exploded in a massive barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 3191, shown on the left before the eruption; the image at right, taken on July 1, 2017, shows the supernova outshining the entire galaxy. Image credit: SDSS / PS1 / NOT+ALFSOC / Bose et al.

Fermi Identifies Hidden Engine behind Superluminous Supernovae

May 20, 2026 by News Staff

New gamma-ray observations from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope suggest ultra-magnetic neutron stars called magnetars could be fueling superluminous supernovae,...

Webb’s mid-infrared image shows four coiled shells of dust around a pair of Wolf-Rayet stars known as Apep. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Yinuo Han, Caltech / Ryan White, Macquarie University / Alyssa Pagan, STScI.

Webb Spots Four Distinct Dust Shells around Two Wolf-Rayet Stars

Nov 20, 2025 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two team of astronomers have captured a mid-infrared...