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How to Blow Up a Star


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Supernova 1987A

An artist's impression of supernova 1987A, showing its asymmetric ejection of material.

Credit: L. Calada/ESO

After spending three months trying to blow up a star, Hans-Thomas Janka and his team finally saw what they had been waiting for.

From Nature
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