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38 photos and 1 illustration tagged supernova, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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The remnant of a supernova located 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.

from Smithsonian Institution

• allr1 said:

  wonderful x 100,000.

• Michael Jon said:

  Superb, and that is the expansion after less than a 1000 years, a mind boggling event.

• duiceburger said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NASA - Public Domain, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• U.S. Highway 12 said:

  This photo deserves My favorite Blue Award
  
  Pls add this photo to the My favorite Blue Award group
  
  Te invitamos a subir esta bella foto y unirte al grupo –
  You are invited to display your image and join the group
  "Blue Magic"
  
  
  Add 1 – Comment 1

Supernova Bubble Resembles Holiday Ornament: A supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which lies about 160,000 light years from Earth.

from Smithsonian Institution

• 19 older comments, and then…
• historygradguy said:

  wow, I think it more resembles a single celled organism

• kris ツ said:

  Wow, it is so freaking amazing. Again, thanks for posting all of these, Smithsonian.

• Clean Ocean said:

  nice capture……

• AlexanderC902 said:

  Very, very great imaging!

• Lukas Sroka said:

  Amazing

The remains of a massive star that exploded, perhaps being witnessed by Chinese astronomers in 386 A.D.

from Smithsonian Institution

• josh bennett said:

  i love those colors........so surreal

• duiceburger said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NASA - Public Domain, and we'd love to have this added to the group!