A big star blew up in the galaxy M101 located 21 million light-years away, and it's bright enough to see in a modest telescope. Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki discovered a bright supernova ...

Astronomers and amateurs alike are excited about a new star explosion visible in small telescopes. The new supernova popped into visibility on May 19 in the Pinwheel Galaxy, (also designated as ...

Wa-hoo! One of the closest supernovas in years was discovered at a very early stage in the bright galaxy M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, in Ursa Major. The galaxy can be found just above the Handle of the ...

When a massive star dies, it goes out with a bang, creating a stunningly bright explosion that can temporarily change the look of the night sky. The brightest and closest may be visible with the naked ...

In the colossal Pinwheel galaxy, 25 million light-years away, a star has just exploded and is even visible through small telescopes. The supernova-hunting astronomer Koichi Itagaki discovered the ...

Astronomers have confirmed the presence of a new light in the night sky, thanks to a supernova explosion in the nearby Pinwheel Galaxy. While the burst of light is brighter than just about anything ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this view of spiral galaxy Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel galaxy. The location of supernova 2023ixf is circled. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

M101 is a spiral galaxy of type Sc (non-compact spiral) in the constellation of the major ura. It is estimated to be virtually double the size of our Milky Way. The distance that separates the ...

This Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), one of the best known examples of "grand design spirals," and its star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. Astronomers have searched ...

The face-on Pinwheel spiral galaxy is seen at ultraviolet wavelengths in this image taken by ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope. Also known as M101, the galaxy lies 21 million light-years away in the ...