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Eight of Space

09 August 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA)

In 1987, astronomers wit­nessed a bril­liant explo­sion. A mas­sive star exploded, shin­ing with more light than an entire galaxy. In a span of months it was gone. With the help of NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope, astronomers “re-found” SN 1987A hid­den in a back­drop of glit­ter­ing stars and shim­mer­ing wisps of gas.

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