With the help of an automated supernova-hunting pipeline and a galaxy sitting 2 bil-lion light years away from Earth that's acting as a "magnifying glass,'' astronomers have captured multiple images of a Type Ia supernova--the brilliant explosion of a star--appearing in four different locations on the sky. So far this is the only Type Ia discovered that has exhibited this effect.
With the help of an automated supernova-hunting pipeline and a galaxy sitting 2 bil-lion light years away from Earth that's acting as a "magnifying glass,'' astronomers have captured multiple images of a Type Ia supernova--the brilliant explosion of a star--appearing in four different locations on the sky. So far this is the only Type Ia discovered that has exhibited this effect.
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