Images Showing the Supernova Explosion Process (IMAGE)

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Images Showing the Supernova Explosion Process

Caption

Images in the top row depict an artist's conception of the supernova explosion process. The corresponding images below were taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. Left: Just before the supernova explosion. A yellow supergiant is shining. Middle: The supernova exploding (the bottom image shows the fading supernova after the explosion). Right: A bright blue star observed.

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Top image: Kavli IPMU Bottom image: NASA/Kavli IPMU/Gastón Folatelli

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