An exploding star is causing amateur astronomers worldwide to sit up and take notice. Supernova M82, named after its nearest galaxy Messier 82, also known as the cigar galaxy, was discovered just 12 million light years away, and is expected…

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What is a galaxy? Galaxies are large systems of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravitational force. They are elliptical, spiral or irregular in shape. Our Sun is part of a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way, and lies…