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Zooming in on a Light Echo

Zooming in on a Light Echo


Nov 9, 2017

This video sequence takes the viewer into the nearby starburst galaxy M82, where a shell of light surrounding an exploding star is moving through interstellar space.
Zooming in on a Light Echo (Narrated)

Zooming in on a Light Echo (Narrated)


Nov 9, 2017

This narrated video sequence takes the viewer into the nearby starburst galaxy M82, where a shell of light surrounding an exploding star is moving through interstellar space.
Zooming in on a Light Echo (Annotated)

Zooming in on a Light Echo (Annotated)


Nov 9, 2017

This annotated video sequence takes the viewer into the nearby starburst galaxy M82, where a shell of light surrounding an exploding star is moving through interstellar space.
Hubble Captures Supernova's Light Echo

Hubble Captures Supernova's Light Echo


Nov 9, 2017

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the light echo of supernova SN 2014J in galaxy M82, located 11.4 million light-years away.
Hubble Movie Shows Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star (Black-and-White)

Hubble Movie Shows Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star (Black-and-White)

This black-and-white movie, assembled from images taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, reveals an expanding shell of light from the explosion — a phenomenon called a “light echo” ... more
Hubble Movie Shows Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star

Hubble Movie Shows Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star

A new movie assembled from images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveals an expanding shell of light from the explosion — a phenomenon called a "light echo" — sweeping through interstellar space. The "echoing" ... more
Birth of a Black Hole

Birth of a Black Hole


May 25, 2017

A team of astronomers at The Ohio State University watched a star disappear and possibly become a black hole. Instead of becoming a black hole through the expected process of a supernova, the black hole candidate formed ... more
Hubble Chronicles Brightening of Ring around an Exploded Star

Hubble Chronicles Brightening of Ring around an Exploded Star


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.
The Development of Supernova 1987A

The Development of Supernova 1987A


Feb 24, 2017

This scientific visualization shows the development of Supernova 1987A, from the initial blast observed three decades ago to the luminous ring of material we see today.
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.