Free Astronomy Magazine May-June 2026

MAY-JUNE 2026 cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, 2025, where it was detected by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Su- pernovae. Astronomers immediately turned their resources to this new Webb locates former star that exploded as supernova by NASA/ESA/CSA Laura Betz Christine Pulliam F orty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the