Hubble Captures Supernova's Light Echo (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Over a period of two and a half years, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the "light echo" of supernova SN 2014J in galaxy M82, located 11.4 million light-years away.

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NASA's Goddard Space flight Center

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