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Space Brains, Beans and Bubbles
Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús MaÃz Apellániz (Instituto de AstrofÃsica de AndalucÃa, Spain)
Resembling a giant brain, this image of N11 in the Large Magellanic Cloud from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is a space bubble filled with new stars.
Angry Fish
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu and R. M. Williams (UIUC)
To me, this image of what happens after a supernova blows up, has always looked like a piranha or some sort of angry fish. This image of N 63A from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope; that’s what astronomers call it, used to be a huge star, many times bigger than the sun. Stars like N 63A have violent lives. They live quickly and then explode with force that for a short time they outshine entire galaxies.
Angry Fish
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu and R. M. Williams (UIUC)
To me, this image of what happens after a supernova blows up, has always looked like a piranha or some sort of angry fish. This image of N 63A; that’s what astronomers call it, used to be a huge star, many times bigger than the sun. Stars like N 63A have violent lives. They live quickly and then explode with force that for a short time they outshine entire galaxies.
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