The Hubble Space Telescope has made some remarkable discoveries in its 30-year space over the “bat shadow” flying over Saturn, and over 30 years in the space of previous stars and galaxies that were formed earlier than previously thought.
Now, it has found evidence of a supernova 2,400 light-years away that looks like an orange ribbon.
The image is part of the Cygnus Supernova Blast Wave, “found in the northern constellation (Swan) of Cygnus, where it covers an area many times larger than the full moon,” NASA said in a statement.
This image of the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually shows a small fraction of the Cygnus Supernova Blast Wave, located about 2400 light-years away, with delicate and light curtains appearing around the sky. (ESA / Hubble and NASA, W. Blair; Acceptance: Leo Schutz)
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NASA added, “The original supernova explosion exploded a dying star 10,000 times larger than our Sun 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.” “Since then, the fossil has extended 60 light-years from its center. The shock wave marks the outer edge of the supernova fossil and continues to expand at about 220 miles per second.”
Hubble, launched into low-Earth orbit in April 1990, celebrated its 30th anniversary in space earlier this year.
Launched in 1990 behind the space shuttle Discovery, the orbital telescope, about the size of a school bus, has also shown the birth of stars and the formation of black holes.
NASA has noted that it has also found the Great Red Spot of Jupiter shrinking with time and has made discoveries like the lunar and icy objects of the planets beyond Pluto.
Its final successor, the James Webb Web Space Telescope, described by NASA as the most powerful and complex space telescope ever built, is set to launch on March 30, 2021. However, work on the teroscope was halted due to a coronavirus epidemic.
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