Our universe is filled with an infinite number of stars that continue to shine throughout their lifetime. After maintaining their radiant glow for millions and often billions of years, these stars reach their final destination. Scientists call this phenomenon supernova.
As the name suggests, a supernova is not just the death of a star, but the most spectacular and awe-inspiring moment of its life, which begins when the celestial body exhausts all its nuclear fuel and begins to collapse under its own gravity. The contraction is followed by a single, awe-inspiring moment when the dying star releases all its energy in a colossal explosion, which is a supernova.
Space agencies such as NASA, ESA, etc. frequently share photographs and sometimes videos of supernovae observed in space. Here are six spectacular images of supernovae captured by POT
This supernova led to the birth of Cassiopeia A (Cas A). Ideally, supernovae scatter elements like calcium and iron into interstellar space, spawning new generations of stars and planets. This is the youngest known remnant of a massive exploding star in our galaxy.
The image of this supernova remnant was formed by combining X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue and green, radio data from the NSF’s Very Large Array in pink, and infrared data from Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in yellow.
The image was compiled from data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and captures the transition from a supernova to a supernova remnant. Dubbed Supernova 1987A, it was the closest observed supernova explosion in nearly 400 years.
This NASA image has captured a rare view of a supernova. Only a few massive stars go through a brief Wolf-Rayet phase before entering their death phase with a supernova. Enjoy this rare phase of WR 124 before it explodes and becomes a colossal supernova.
The NASA image is of the supernova remnant SN 1006, which is located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lupus.
This photograph of supernova SN 1993J helped scientists validate the theory that the supernova occurred within a binary system, where two interacting stars caused a cosmic explosion.
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