esahubble_opo0429m October 6th, 2004
Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This image shows a section of the remains of Kepler's Supernova, the most recent exploding star to be seen in the Milky Way Galaxy. It was first observed 400 years ago when it was thought to be 'a new star'. In fact, it was the the gas and dust from an exploding star, rapidly expanding. These remnants have now reached a diameter of 14 light years wide and are still expandingat 4 million miles per hour. This image, taken by theSpitzer Space Telescope in the Infrared,shows microscopic dust particles coloured red that have been heated by the supernova shock wave.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0429m/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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