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Astronomers believe that a supernova is a massive explosion signaling the death of a star, causing a cosmic recycling of the chemical elements and leaving behind a pulsar, black hole, or nothing at all. In an engaging story of the life cycles of stars, Laurence Marschall tells how early astronomers identified supernovae, and how later scientists came to their current understanding, piecing together observations and historical accounts to form a theory, which was tested by intensive study of SN 1987A, the brightest supernova since 1006. He has revised and updated The Supernova Story to include all the latest developments concerning SN 1987A, which astronomers still watch for possible aftershocks, as well as SN 1993J, the spectacular new event in the cosmic laboratory.

Supernovae. --- Accretion disk. --- Allende meteorite. --- Alpertus of Mertz. --- Amateur astronomers. --- Angstrom unit. --- Babylonian records. --- Beta decay. --- Black holes. --- Cameron, Alastair G.W. --- Chaco Canyon. --- Circumstellar gas. --- Computer models. --- Degeneracy electron. --- Diamonds in meteorites. --- Dorpat Observatory. --- Duncan, John. --- Ecliptic. --- Electromagnetic radiation. --- Escape velocity. --- Exponential decay. --- Galaxies. --- Gamma rays. --- Gravitational Waves. --- Great Schism. --- Heracleides. --- Hoyle, Fred. --- Hydrogen burning. --- Infrared radiation. --- Interstellar matter. --- Jedrzejewski, Robert. --- Karovska, Margarita. --- Kepler, Johannes. --- Las Campanas Observatory. --- Light year. --- MIR X-ray telescope. --- Milky Way Galaxy. --- Mystery spot. --- Neutrino. --- Nuclear structure. --- Nucleosynthesis. --- Parallax. --- Planetariums. --- Quadrant. --- Quasars. --- Radio astronomy. --- Radio waves. --- Schmidt telescope. --- Spectra. --- Superclusters. --- Synchrotron emission. --- Technetium. --- Telescope.