Hubble View of Supernova Remnant SNR 0509-68.7 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble View of Supernova Remnant SNR 0509-68.7

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This image, taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-68.7, also known as N103B. It is located 160,000 light-years from Earth in a neighboring galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. N103B resulted from a Type Ia supernova, whose cause remains a mystery.

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NASA, ESA and H.-Y. Chu (Academia Sinica, Taipei)

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