NASA video shows exploding star fading away over the course of a year – IOTW Report

NASA video shows exploding star fading away over the course of a year

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NASA released a video this week depicting what it said was the titanic explosion and gradual fading of a supernova star in a distant galaxy.

The explosion, observed by the Hubble space telescope, released “as much energy in a matter of days as our Sun does in several billion years,” the space administration said in a release.

The supernova was observed in the galaxy NGC 2525, located around 70 million light years from Earth. Hubble first detected the explosion in 2018. more

16 Comments on NASA video shows exploding star fading away over the course of a year

  1. Upon detonation, it would have shone 5,000,000,000 times more brightly than our own sun. A number like that is just astounding to me, and I’ve spent most of my life studying this stuff.

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