A star 20 times the size of the sun died in a supernova — and telescopes around the world joined forces to watch it
Steady3 outlets reported this in 3 reports over 2 days
Wed, 5 August 2026peak 2 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026Thu, 6 August 2026
What it is about
Gokul SrinivasaragavanXander HallDark Energy Spectroscopic InstrumentCarnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity Of MarylandLegacy Survey Of SpaceChileJillian RastinejadBrendan OconnorTelescope At Kitt Peak National ObservatoryDepartment Of Energy Dark Energy CameraCollege ParkNational Science FoundationHawaii, United StatesArizona, United StatesKitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, United StatesCollege Park, Arizona, United StatesChinaDark Energy Camera Decam
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
tucson.com
livescience.com
dailygalaxy.com
5 Aug, 18:30over 22 hours6 Aug, 16:45
How it spread - 3 original reports
Wed, 5 August 2026
2 reports- tucson.com18:30first to report
- livescience.com19:47
A team of telescopes around the world, including the newly activated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, joined forces to observe the first shocking moments of a supernova explosion in unprecedented detail.
Thu, 6 August 2026
1 report- dailygalaxy.com16:45
Astronomers have reconstructed the final moments of a massive star before its dramatic supernova collapse.