Latest Discovered Supernova
These images show Type Ia supernova PTF 11kly, the youngest ever detected—over the past three nights. The left image taken on August 22 shows the event before it exploded supernova, approximately 1 million times fainter than the human eye can detect. The center image taken on August 23 shows the supernova at about 10,000 times fainter than the human eye can detect. The right image taken on August 24 shows that the event is 6 times brighter than the previous day. In two weeks time it should be visible with a good pair of binoculars. Peter Nugent/LBNL and Palomar

The supernova created by a star collapsing 21 million light years away began Tuesday. We may be able to see the astronomical event using binoculars soon.

The event was observed by Oxford Scientists and is one of the closest explosions to our planet since 1987.

The type 1a supernova, an explosion of a star followed by its sucking up energy from another star and becoming reborn, was seen in the Pinwheel Galaxy in the Great Bear constellation.

This specific type of supernovae enables scientists to measure the size and age of the universe. This, needless to say, is making scientists everywhere really excited.

According to The Telegraph, NASA reported that it will study this otherworldly phenomenon beginning on Saturday.

The supernova is expected to burn with the brightness of more than a billion Suns.

The best time to see this exploding star will be just after evening twilight in the Northern hemisphere in a week or so's time ... You'll need dark skies and a good pair of binoculars, although a small telescope would be even better, team leader Dr. Mark Sullivan said.

On Tuesday, it wasn't there. Then, on Wednesday, boom! There it was -caught within hours of the explosion. As soon as I saw the discovery image I knew we were onto something big, Prof Andy Howell of the University of California Santa Barbara told the Telegraph.

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