Blasts from the Past: Historic Supernovas

in nasa •  7 years ago 


 Every 50 years or so, a star in our Galaxy blows itself apart in a supernova explosion, one of the most violent events in the universe. The force of these explosions produces spectacular light shows. Explosions in past millennia have been bright enough to catch the attention of early astronomers hundreds of years before the telescope had been invented. (Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss) 

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