Shortly after the supernova of 1604, the telescope was invented. But astronomers had to wait nearly FOUR CENTURIES to observe the next supernova visible to the naked eye. It was 1987, and a blue supergiant from the Large Magellanic Cloud was replaced in the night sky by a violent explosion. And nearly four decades later, astronomers are still trying to understand what happened.

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