Supernova 2014J in M82, the Cigar Galaxy, appears to have peaked in late Jan.-early Feb. at around magnitude 10.5. It's now slowly beginning to fade. This photo taken Jan. 31 near peak. Credit: Joseph ...

A cloudy night in London led to the discovery of the 21st Century's brightest supernova to date. The new supernova 2014J, the brightest since 1993, is located in the galaxy M82. This Type-Ia supernova ...

A new supernova discovered by students in London is starring in a new webcast, and you can watch it live online today (Jan. 30). Supernova 2014J was spotted by four undergraduate students observing ...

Twelve million years ago, a star exploded. Today, you can see it online. At 1 p.m. PST Thursday, the website Slooh.com will livestream a view of the newly discovered supernova 2014J from its telescope ...

The recent bright supernova SN 2014J discovered in the M82, the Cigar Galaxy, earlier this week has brightened up to magnitude 10.5 by some estimates. While I saw it last night at 11.5, I'm not ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A NASA space telescope captured an amazing view of a new supernova, seeing the star explosion ...

White dwarf supernovas—also known as type Ia—are both bright enough and consistent enough in their characteristics to be used to measure distances to far-off galaxies. That's why the discovery of an ...