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Hubble telescope reveals huge star’s explosion in blow-by-blow detail

Hubble telescope reveals huge star’s explosion in blow-by-blow detail

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About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova documented by astronomers in blow-by-blow detail. Researchers on Wednesday said NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture three separate images spanning a […]

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Stunning image of supernova remnant gives clues about star’s death

Stunning image of supernova remnant gives clues about star’s death

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Astronomers studying the remains of a supernova captured using NASA telescopes have found clues that can help determine the timeline of the star’s demise. Called SNR 0519-69.0, the supernova remnant is the debris from an explosion of a white dwarf star. According to NASA’s Chandra Ray Observatory, the star underwent a thermonuclear explosion after reaching […]

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