NASA's Hubble Telescope captures spectacular 'veil-like' supernova blast

NASA and European ncy (ESA) Hubble Telescope captured a spectacular view of ‘veil-like’ stellar blast occurring at around 2,400 light-years away. On August 28, NASA took to its official Twitter handle to share im of a section of Cygnus superva blast wave in that spurted across area 36 times larger than full Moon. In a press release, NASA said that superva remnant originated from rrn constellation of Cygnus, popularly kwn as ‘ Swan’.

While original superva explosion larger than sun occurred some 10,000 and 20,000 years ago according to NASA, remnants of dead stars expanded 60 light-years from its center years later at 220 miles per second. Scientists observed shockwaves emanating out of dead stars that marked outer edge of superva. NASA explains in release that interstellar material interacted with burst material that spiralled outwardly which led to formation of a veil-like stellar structure due to powerful explosion.

[Dead stars collapse and explode as a superva. Credit: NASA]

[Galaxy NGC 5861, captured here by  NASA/ESA Hubble Telescope 85 million light-years away. Credit: NASA]

“A hardy star in a stellar explosion’s debris field − is called its superva remnant,” NASA explained in a separate release.

Earlier Hubble also detected two supervae, SN 1971D and SN 2017erp in galaxy in May 2020 formed due to lumius explosions. According to NASA scientists, phemen was “brighter than any or star in night sky.” However, scientists said that “brightest superva ever recorded.” Superva in galaxy is SN 1006, which exploded in Milky Way galaxy and shone “16 times as bright as Venus from April 30 to May 1, 1006 AD.”

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Netizens mesmerized

Internet commenced active discussions in comments thread, speculating that star explosion caused a black hole, while ors assuming time Superva 2400 light-years away would take to reach Earth. “Superva remnant is 2400 light-years away, so it will take at least that amount of time (2400 years from w). That is if it comes out way at all,” a user wrote. “Don't se Shock waves play an important role in star gas star cycle,” asked ar. “How cool! It looks like something an artist would make but it's a real picture,” said one or. 

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