NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures fictional ‘curtain-like’ edge of Cygnus supernova blast wave – Technology News, FirstPost

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared the image of “a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave,” which has taken the Internet by storm. Comparing the image to magic, the space agency wrote that the image, which looks like a delicate and light curtain in the sky, reminds everyone of the power of imagination.

Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA says, “In fact, it is a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, located about 2,400 light-years away.”

According to NASA, the original supernova exploded in a star that died 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. After which, the fossil extends 60 light-years from its center.

The Hubble Space Telescope shared the same image on its Instagram and wrote that the shockwave created by the big explosion is still expanding at a rate of about 350 kilometers per second.

NASA Hubble said, “The interaction of the extracted material and the comparative component material of the intestine creates a screen-like structure as seen in this image.”

According to the NASA website, the supernova fossil is named after its position in the northern constellation Cygnus. It covers an area 36 times larger than the full moon.

A supernova is a powerful explosion of a star that is extremely bright. A kind of explosion is caused by the ‘last hurray’ of the giant star who died.

The second type occurs when two stars orbit each other and at least one of them is an Earth-sized white dwarf. If one white dwarf collides with another or draws more scenes from a nearby star, the white dwarf may explode.

According to astronomers, supernovae are not very common and about two or three of them are found in our galaxy-like galaxy every century.