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Pretty interesting if you like space.
Astronomers have captured the moment a star, 500 million light years from Earth, exploded in a dramatic supernova, marking the end of its life.
A type II supernova explosion happens when a very large star can no longer fuse atoms within its core, causing it to explode, shedding off its outer layers.
The supernova, named SN2021afdx, happened in the unusually shaped Cartwheel Galaxy, which sits in the Sculptor constellation.
Astronomers captured the image in December 2021 using the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope (NTT) in Chile.
They then compared the image to one of the same galaxy, taken using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in August 2014 - before the supernova explosion occurred.
A new, bright light can be seen in the lower left hand side of the new image, that isn't visible in the 2014 picture.
Astronomers have captured the moment a star, 500 million light years from Earth, exploded in a dramatic supernova, marking the end of its life.
A type II supernova explosion happens when a very large star can no longer fuse atoms within its core, causing it to explode, shedding off its outer layers.
The supernova, named SN2021afdx, happened in the unusually shaped Cartwheel Galaxy, which sits in the Sculptor constellation.
Astronomers captured the image in December 2021 using the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope (NTT) in Chile.
They then compared the image to one of the same galaxy, taken using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in August 2014 - before the supernova explosion occurred.
A new, bright light can be seen in the lower left hand side of the new image, that isn't visible in the 2014 picture.
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