An Unusually Bright Supernova Has Astronomers Rethinking the Early Universe

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An Unusually Bright Supernova Has Astronomers Rethinking the Early Universe

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have captured a supernova just days after its explosion, when the universe was only a fraction of its current age.

Known as AT 2026abck, the distant event appears unusually hot and luminous, challenging expectations for ordinary stellar explosions. Could this be a rare supernova revealing how massive stars died in the early universe?

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