The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of supernova 2018 GV from 2018-2019. It was seen in barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 ...

In 2024, Tim Cunningham at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studied an unusual supernova remnant called SN 1181. It has a striking structure quite unlike any previously seen.

The supernova was first recorded in 1181 as a “guest star” by astronomers in ancient China and Japan (SN: 4/17/02). Astronomers didn’t find the remains of that explosion, now called the Pa ...

This one—called “Parker’s Star,” the remnant of the supernova SN 1181, named for the year it appeared in Earth’s skies—lies about 8,000 light-years from our solar system, near the ...

An unusual stellar explosion The search for visual evidence of the supernova, named SN 1181, went on for centuries before amateur astronomer Dana Patchick first discovered its remains in 2013.

And each time researchers observe the supernova, they uncover more surprises.An unusual stellar explosionThe search for visual evidence of the supernova, named SN 1181, went on for centuries before ...

An unusual stellar explosion The search for visual evidence of the supernova, named SN 1181, went on for centuries before amateur astronomer Dana Patchick first discovered its remains in 2013.