Hubble Views Multiple Images of a Highly Magnified Supernova for the First Time

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has spotted four images of a distant exploding star for the first time. The images are arranged in a cross-shaped pattern by the powerful gravity of a foreground galaxy embedded in a massive cluster of galaxies. The supernova discovery paper appears in a special issue of […]
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