A Zoom into Supernova 1987A

A Zoom into Supernova 1987A


Feb 24, 2017

The video begins with a nighttime view of the Small and Large Magellanic clouds, satellite galaxies of our Milky Way. It then zooms into a rich star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Interview with Astronomer Robert Kirshner

Interview with Astronomer Robert Kirshner


Feb 24, 2017

Harvard astronomer and chief program officer of science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Robert Kirshner discusses key events in the 30 years of observing Supernova 1987A, the nearest supernova explosion seen in ... more
Hubble Chronicles Brightening of Ring around an Exploded Star (Unannotated)

Hubble Chronicles Brightening of Ring around an Exploded Star (Unannotated)


Feb 24, 2017

This time-lapse video sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images reveals dramatic changes in a ring of material around the exploded star Supernova 1987A.
3-D Flyover Visualization of Veil Nebula

3-D Flyover Visualization of Veil Nebula


Sep 24, 2015

This 3-D visualization flies across a small portion of the Veil Nebula as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This region is a small part of a huge expanding remnant from a star that exploded many thousands of ... more
Video Zoom into Veil Nebula

Video Zoom into Veil Nebula


Sep 24, 2015

This video opens with a backyard view of the nighttime sky centered on the constellation Cygnus, the Swan. We zoom into a vast donut-shaped feature called the Veil Nebula. It is the tattered expanding bubble of debris ... more
Supernova Multiply Imaged by Galaxy Cluster

Supernova Multiply Imaged by Galaxy Cluster


Mar 5, 2015

This animation illustrates how the powerful gravity of a massive galaxy cluster bends and focuses the light from a supernova behind it, resulting in multiple images of the exploding star. If the cluster were not present, ... more
Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST)

Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST)


Apr 5, 2012

This video describes the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST), located at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. The archive holds data from 16 NASA telescopes, including current ... more
Supernova Explosion Animation

Supernova Explosion Animation


Sep 9, 2009

This video animation shows the explosion of a supermassive star. Stars greater than eight times the mass of our Sun will self-detonate as supernovae. Supernovae can briefly outshine an entire galaxy, before fading from ... more
Cassiopeia A: A Hubble Image Tour

Cassiopeia A: A Hubble Image Tour


Jul 17, 2007

Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant which lies 10,000 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The light from this exploding star first reached Earth in the 1600s.
SN 1987A 1994-2006 - Annotated

SN 1987A 1994-2006 - Annotated


Feb 22, 2007

A time-lapse sequence of 12 years of Hubble observing SN 1987A shows the onrushing stellar shock wave from the stellar explosion as it is slamming into, heating up, and illuminating the inner regions of the narrow ring ... more