Newly discovered supernova may answer 1,000 year-old mystery
The supernova was theorized 40 years ago, but this is the first time it has ever been definitively seen.
Las Cumbres Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst galaxy NGC 2146 (toward the left)(photo credit: NASA/STSCI/J. DEPASQUALE/LAS CUMBRES UNIVERSITY)
