A white dwarf just exploded, creating the closest supernova in 25 years
A clean gnome exploded last night up in the Cigar Galaxy ( also known as M82 to its friends ) , creating the faithful supernova we ’ve seen in the last 25 year — and one of the shiny , too . Top ikon : emerge supernova in M82 / via Ernesto Guido , Nick Howes , Martino Nicolini ofRemanzacco Observator . effigy of the supernova are still coming in , and the final call from the International Astronomical Union ’s Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( the ruling soundbox on supernova compartmentalisation ) has n’t yet been finalized ....