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Mike Wehner
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- NASA's Hubble telescope spotted a wispy orange ribbon in space, but it's actually the destructive blast wave of a supernova.
- The supernova is located in the Cygnus constellation and is roughly 2,400 light-years from Earth.
- Hubble has now spent over three decades imaging the cosmos and shows no signs of slowing down.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured many images that look so incredible you almost can't believe they're real. The image above definitely falls into that category, especially because at first glance it's almost impossible to tell what it is. A delicate orange ribbon drifting through space? That doesn't really exist... does it? Apparently it does, only it's not a ribbon, it's the incredibly powerful blast wave from a dying star.
As NASA explains in a new blog post, what we're seeing here is really just a fraction of the overall picture. This tiny sliver of the blast wave sits some 2,400 light-years from Earth. That's a safe enough distance that we're not in danger, but close enough that Hubble can show us the beautiful, destructive force from afar.
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Hubble captures gorgeous, delicate supernova blast wave originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 23:14:23 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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