If you want to see this new supernova for yourself, you're in luck. The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, or M101, is not particularly difficult to locate and observe with even small ...

Our astrophoto of the month is this stunning image of the new supernova SN 2023ixf in the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101 (M101), captured by astrophotographer R. Mark Lilienthal from ...

Yeah, they're a big deal. Especially so when a supernova appears in a nearby galaxy like M101, known as the Pinwheel for its whorl of spiral arms. When one erupts relatively close by there's a ...

Just over a decade ago, astronomers spotted a previous starburst in the Pinwheel galaxy, also known as Messier 101. Now it's happened again. "Messier 101, the 'Pinwheel' galaxy, did it again ...

The supernova appears as a bright, starlike point of light on a spiral arm of the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, about 21 million light years away from Earth. Astronomer Koichi Itagaki was ...

Second, it is in one of the arms of the Pinwheel Galaxy, known as M101. This is a spiral galaxy that’s facing us, so we can see the entire spiral through a telescope, so the Pinwheel is an ...