Astronomers from Israel’s Weizmann Institute are the first scientists to chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova. A star in nearby galaxy Messier 101 exploded 30 million years ago but the light only reached Earth in January. And the Israelis got NASA to reposition the Hubble telescope.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientists-become-first-to-chronicle-earliest-stages-of-supernova/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07116-6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6megAXDxo2Q&t=1s