Stars and Stripes, as Seen by the Hubble Space Telescope



This one fits today’s Independence Day celebration to a tee: You are looking at the remnant of a stellar explosion that occurred more than 1,000 years ago. The red stripe, called the SN 1006 Supernova Remnant, is actually a ribbon of gas that floats in our galaxy as captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope: Link - via Newslite.tv


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Posted on July 4, 2008 at 5:48 pm by Alex
Category: Pictures, Science & Tech

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