Shrapnel from an exploded star

[Panich52]

Science Daily

Shrapnel from an exploded star:

Astronomers are comparing new images of the Veil Nebula, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in April 2015 with Hubble images taken in 1997, to study how the nebula has expanded since it was photographed over 18 years ago. The supernova that created the Veil Nebula would have been briefly visible to our very distant ancestors thousands of years ago as a bright "new star" in the northern sky.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150924104420.htm

[zeemike]

1. That's a strange explosive pattern.

That creates twisted filaments in a linear pattern.

[localroger]

3. It's just a tiny part of the spherical blast shell

They are studying how the shock wave is being affected as it blows through a region of gas which the supernova ejected at lower velocities before it blew.

[blackspade]

2. So cool.

[d_legendary1]

4. The more I see photographs of the cosmos

The more I can't help but feel intrigued and astonished by the beauty of the universe. Saying wow won't do this photo justice. Thanks for posting this!

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. We are made of star shrapnel

fragging the galaxy.