Friday, September 03, 2010

Another Amazing Hubble Image

Shocked Region Around SN 1987A
This shot of a supernova shows the ejecta interacting with the remnants of a gas cloud that was thrown out by the supernova some 20,000 years ago.  The red spots will eventually form a complete ring.  Another wonderful reason the Hubble was rescued.

Sometimes the whole space thing just overwhelms me.  Nice feeling.

Source: Hubblesite.org

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