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December 22, 2010

Hubble Supernova Bubble for Christmas

by wordlesstech team

SNR 0509

SNR 0509

An expanding blast wave from a supernova. Called SNRĀ 0509 the bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small galaxy about 160,000 light-years from Earth.

via hubblesite

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