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 ...

A star in a distant galaxy has exploded into a supernova, and you can watch the celestial spectacle yourself through your telescope. Last week, astronomers observing the popular Pinwheel Galaxy ...

A new photo of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy — officially known as Messier 83 — might be the most impressive galactic image yet. The image was captured by DECam, the Dark Energy Camera that has ...

The galaxy is known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, (also designated as Messier 101, or M101) and is a large, loosely wound, spread-out, open-faced spiral galaxy which can be viewed through a small ...

The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) in Hydra checks almost every box an amateur astronomer could desire. This stunning barred spiral spans a hefty 14′ and, at magnitude 7.5, ranks among the sky's ...

An annotated picture shows the SN 2023ixf supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy. The supernova is the closest seen in five years.International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab ...

A supernova explosion spotted in the Pinwheel galaxy. Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA // Image Processing: J. Miller (Gemini Observatory / NSF’s NOIRLab ...

the clouds of gas and dust that block shorter light waves, like visible light. That helps astronomers peel back the layers of a galaxy like the Southern Pinwheel, 15 million light-years away ...

An artist’s concept of the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star,” previously nicknamed the “Death Star.” W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko ... occur within our galaxy and be directed ...

Last month, a supernova dubbed SN 2023ixf was found in the nearby Pinwheel galaxy 21 million light years away, the closest stellar explosion detected from Earth in a decade. Earlier this year ...