paper

Turning off the lights: Supernova SN1987A 30 years on

arXiv:1507.08770

Abstract

Decades-long repeat observations of supernova SN1987A offer us unique, real-time insights into the violent death of a massive star and its long-term environmental effects, until its eventual switch-off.

Invited "News and Views" article, Nature Physics, August 2015; 2 pages, 1 figure