Kathryn E. Weil
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
46
Citations
302
Est. group size
~2
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
40
Publishing since 1986
Kathryn E. Weil studies supernovae and their remnants—the debris left behind after massive stars explode—using observations across X-ray, optical, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths, including data from Hubble and JWST. Her work focuses on tracking how exploded stellar material expands and interacts with surrounding gas over time, and on identifying which stars might explode next in our galaxy. This research helps reconstruct the properties of dying stars and their explosions from the remnants they leave behind.
Publication output peaked around 2020-2021 and has settled into a steadier, somewhat lower pace of a few papers per year through 2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Cassiopeia A’s Reverse Shock and Its Effects on the Expanding SN Ejecta*
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2025
- Late-time Optical and X-Ray Emission Evolution of the Oxygen-rich SN 1996cr
The Astrophysical Journal · 2025
- Cassiopeia A's Reverse Shock and its Effects on the Expanding SN Ejecta
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025
- Red supergiant candidates for multimessenger monitoring of the next Galactic supernova
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2024
- Shockingly Bright Warm Carbon Monoxide Molecular Features in the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Revealed by JWST
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
- Late-Time Optical and X-ray Emission Evolution of the Oxygen-Rich SN 1996cr
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
- Inferencing Progenitor and Explosion Properties of Evolving Core-collapse Supernovae from Zwicky Transient Facility Light Curves
The Astrophysical Journal · 2023
- Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion Measurements of Supernova Remnant N132D: Center of Expansion and Age
The Astrophysical Journal · 2023
- HST Proper Motion Measurements of Supernova Remnant N132D: Center of Expansion and Age
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023
- Red Supergiant Candidates for Multimessenger Monitoring of the Next Galactic Supernova
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023
- Inferencing Progenitor and Explosion Properties of Evolving Core-collapse Supernovae from Zwicky Transient Facility Light Curves
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022
- Far-UV and Optical Emissions from Three Very Large Supernova Remnants Located at Unusually High Galactic Latitudes
The Astrophysical Journal · 2021
- An updated distance to the Cygnus Loop based on Gaia Early DR3
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2021
- Supernova Host Galaxy Association and Photometric Classification of over 10,000 Light Curves from the Zwicky Transient Facility
Research Notes of the AAS · 2021
- YY Hya and its interstellar environment
Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2021
- The Astrophysical Journal×7
- arXiv (Cornell University)×6
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society×4
- Transient Name Server AstroNote×4
- The Astrophysical Journal Letters×3
- P. Vallely
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
- Laura A. Lopez
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
- A. Rest
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- S. Bose
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
- C. Basinger
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
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