Astronomers discover the most distant supernova ever detected
- astronomy
- astrophysics
- Chile
- Dark Energy Camera
- Dark Energy Survey
- Hawaii
- Pennsylvania
- United Kingdom
- University of Pennsylvania
From Astronomy, Feb. 22, 2018: The supernova, dubbed DES16C2nm, was first detected back in August 2016 by the Dark Energy Survey, which is currently mapping several hundred million galaxies in order to learn more about the mysterious force known as dark energy.