'Supernova discovery machine' James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant star explosion on record

The powerful space telescope uncovered 80 early and distant star explosions in a patch of sky the size of a grain of rice. JADES Deep Field uses observations taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) showing the location of newly discovered supernova explosions(Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JADES Collaboration) When it comes to hunting for the explosive deaths of massive stars in the early universe, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is quite the cosmic detective. This celestial …