Supernova 1987A

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Uploaded by on Dec 29, 2008

Animation shows the series of events that occurred during Supernova 1987A. The star explodes and the resulting blast wave undergoes a complex interaction with nearby gas clouds. This is an artists conception, not a view from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Credits: Greg Bacon, Space Telescope Science Institute
Source: http://hubblesource.stsci.edu

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  • @jwm239 i prefer to see first Cannis Majoris let the super nova alone :S

  • Thus creating a blackhole........

  • ...how about a visible-to-naked-eye supernova in the Northern Hemisphere...? The clear nite sky has been looking kind of boring lately.

  • Orgasm on a cosmic level

  • epic

    

  • oh mamma

  • waw

  • cool

    

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