The dramatic vision of a Supernova
Novae is a movie about an astronomical event that occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star‘s life. Watch the amazing …
The Early Flash of an Exploding Star- caught for the first time
The brilliant flash of an exploding star’s shockwave, is illustrated in this cartoon animation, created by NASA’s Ames Research Center……
Where Our Elements Came From
As you can see at this periodic table, hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang.…
The weird Veil Nebula
The weird cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula, a mark of the Halloween season.…
Bright Supernova Blows up in nearby M82
A supernova bright enough for even small telescope observers to see, in a bright galaxy in Ursa Major well placed for viewing in the northern …
Supernova Dust Factory by ALMA
This artist’s illustration of Supernova 1987A is based on real data and reveals the cold, inner regions of the exploded star’s remnants (in red) where …
Composite image of the Crab Nebula
A star’s spectacular death in the constellation Taurus by Spitzer Space Telescope, was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D. Now, almost …
Filigree and Shadow
The filaments of gas and dust of the Cygnus Loop Nebula, visible here in ultraviolet light were heated by the shockwave from the supernova, which …
How Big is a Neutron star
This illustration compares the size of a neutron star to Manhattan. The crushed core of a star that has exploded as a supernova, a …
A forthcoming Supernova
NASA’s Hubble Telescope captured an image of Eta Carinae about 7,500 to 8,000 light-years from the Sun. This image consists of ultraviolet and visible light …
