astronomyblog: In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic…



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In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its interior into a spectacular display of colorful filaments. The supernova remnant (SNR), known as “E0102” for short, is the greenish-blue shell of debris just below the center of the Hubble image.

Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble

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