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exploding stars

This shell of hot gas is the remains of a star which exploded around 30,000 years ago. Even though it is located over 6000 light years away, at peak brightness, the supernova would have been visible during the daytime to our ancestors on Earth.

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Uploaded on January 30, 2008
Taken on January 30, 2008