Hubble speckled a star deflection in a distant galaxy.
The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) has an important role in the universe of unlocking the beauty and mystery of space. Hubble's never ending, breathtaking celestial snapshots provide a visual shorthand for Hubble's top scientific achievements.
This time, Hubble has clicked a vanishing supernova in a distant galaxy 70 million light years away. The Hubble snapshot is collected in a narrated film of the Titanic Stellar Blast disappearing into oblivion in the spiral galaxy NGC 2525.
When stars of a certain mass reach the end of their lives, they explode into a giant supernova.
"This type of supernova has all the peaks in equal brightness, they are called" standard candles ", which act as cosmic tape measures."
NGC 2525 is about 70 million light years from Earth and part of the constellation of Pupis in the Southern Hemisphere. Hubble captured this series of images from NGC 2525 as part of his critical investigation, which measured the expansion rate of the Universe, which may help answer fundamental questions about the nature of our universe.
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