Supernova (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Supernova

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A Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 4424, which is about 50 million light years away, and close-ups of the type Ia supernova the research team observed. In the upper left, the difference in the brightness of the supernova is shown about a year apart.

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NASA / Hubble Space Telescope

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