SN Requiem

Graphics: N. BURGESS/SCIENCE; Data: NASA; Satellite Image: STEVEN RODNEY/UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA; GABRIEL BRAMMER/COSMIC DAWN CENTER/NIELS BOHR INSTITUTE/UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN; Image Processing: JOSEPH DEPASQUALE/STSCI

Cosmic illusions may decide the debate over the rate of expansion of the universe

An expected reappearance of the supernova SN Requiem, seen repeatedly due to gravitational lensing, may provide a third way to measure the Hubble constant.