GREENBELT, Md., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An exceptionally close stellar explosion has become the focus of observatories around the globe, including several NASA spacecraft, the space agency says.
The supernova blast, designated SN 2014J, occurred Jan. 21 in the galaxy M82, only about 12 million light-years away, and follow-up observations are planned by the Hubble Space Telescope and other space-based observatories, NASA scientists said.