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International Supernovae Network

http://www.supernovae.net/isn.htm

Includes recent discoveries and technical information about finding supernovae.

Latest Supernovae

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html

A list of the latest Supernovae with reference images.

List of Recent Supernovae

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/lists/RecentSupernovae.html

Huge index of recent supernovae, including date found, SN position, and host galaxy.

Masi Astro Images Photometry

http://www.bellatrixobservatory.org/photom.html

Site intro in English and Italian. A short list of Supernovae and variable star images.

Mr. Galaxy's Supernovae

http://www.chapman.edu/oca/benet/mrgalaxy.htm

Nice brief introduction to Supernovae including information on the SunSEARCH program and how to find supernovae.

Remnant of Chinese Supernova

http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/01_releases/press_011001.html

Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found new evidence that a pulsar in the constellation of Sagittarius was created when a massive star exploded, witnessed by Chinese astronomers in the year 386 AD.

SuperNova Early Warning System (SNEWS)

http://hep.bu.edu/~snnet/

Network utilizing neutrino detectors to detect neutrino burst from supernova in order to provide a prompt alert to astronomers.

Supernova Taxonomy

http://rsd-www.nrl.navy.mil/7212/montes/snetax.html

A discussion of the taxonomy of supernovae.

Supernova, by HEASARC

http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/snr.html

HEASARC: High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center provides a short article regarding the high-energy aspects of supernovae explosions.

Supernovae

http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/%7Eryden/ast162_5/notes20.html

Fundamentals of type I & II supernovae

Type 1a Supernovae and the Cosmological Constant

http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/cosmology/cosmologicalconstant.html

Brief look at recent type Ia supernova data and the cosmological constant

University of Texas Supernovae Research

http://hej3.as.utexas.edu/~www/SN/

Includes research contacts, preprints, reviews and published papers by the Astronomy group of the University of Texas.

Very-Late-Type Spiral and Irregular Galaxy Superno

http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~cda/snproj/snproj_main.html

Current statistics of search at University of Iowa, movies of observed SNe. The rates in Sdm-Sm and Irr galaxies seem to be higher even than in late type Sbc-Sd galaxies.

When supernovae go hyper: NASA article

http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast21oct98_1.htm

Magazine-style article written by NASA on the explanation for gamma-ray bursts surrounding 'hypernova' type supernovae.

X-ray Astronomy: Supernovae and their remnants

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/supernovae.html

Brief NASA introduction to supernovae. Includes images.