"Rare Supernova Visible for Months: How to Watch Tonight's Livestream"
A massive star in the Pinwheel Galaxy has gone supernova and its fiery death throes are expected to be visible for months, even from amateur backyard telescopes. The supernova, designated as SN 2023ixf, is a Type II supernova, in which a massive star's core suddenly collapses when it runs out of fuel and can't counteract its own gravity. The supernova's home galaxy is relatively close by, a mere 21 million light years away from us, and scientists are eager to study it, hoping it could provide exciting new details on the evolution of massive stars and how they die. Sky watchers also took the opportunity to grouse about Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites clogging up the starry firmament.
