Top 10 Most Colorful and Enchanting Supernova Images by NASA’s Hubble

By Sheetal Kumari | January 23, 2025

Top 10 Most Colorful and Enchanting Supernova Images by NASA’s Hubble

Wolf-Rayet 124 is a dying star shedding its outer layers of material in a formation reminiscent of a flower.

Wolf-Rayet 124

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The Crab Nebula is a six-light-year-wide remnant of a star’s supernova explosion, capturing the intense energy released during the explosion .

Crab Nebula

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Supernova Remnant N 63A is a tumultuous and disorderly mass of gas and dust left behind by a massive star’s explosive demise.

Supernova Remnant N 63A

(Image: NASA)

The Vela Pulsar is the aftermath of a collapsed and exploded star, emitting a stream of particles into space.

Vela Pulsar

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Astronomers used data from Hubble to ‘rewind time’ and examine the remnants of an exploded star, identified as SNR 0519 .

SNR 0519

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Supernova 1987A is one of the closest observed supernovae to Earth, and NASA’s telescope captured its remnants in stunning detail .

Supernova 1987A

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Kepler’s Supernova Remnant is the remnants of a star’s demise following a supernova explosion

Kepler’s Supernova Remnant

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It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. NASA’s hubble  provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of this supernova explosion.

Cassiopeia A

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A luminous ring encircles the central area of the exploded star, composed of material ejected by the star approximately 20,000 years prior to its demise.

 Luminous Ring

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this image shows an intense burst of blue light that evolves rapidly, contrasting with the weeks or months typically taken for a star’s supernova explosion to dim.

Intense Burst of Blue Light

(Image: NASA)

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