The bizarre, grinch-like wisp of green light dubbed the Green Monster, first seen last year snaking through the glowing remnants of an exploded star, belongs to a blast wave bordering the debris field, a new study reveals. Last April, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) photographed the unusual “wall of emission” in front […]
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Warped supernova spotted by James Webb Space Telescope could settle a longstanding debate
Two supernovas in a galaxy, and one that’s so utterly far away that we see it as it was 10 billion years ago, could be vital in helping reveal the expansion rate of the universe. This is a measurement that has rather created some tension among the scientific community. The galaxy and the two supernovas […]