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Hubble Spies Most Distant Supernova Ever SeenHubble Spies Most Distant Supernova Ever Seen

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers pinpointed a blaze of light from the farthest supernova ever seen, a dying star that exploded 10 billion years ago.

Photo Platform: Hubble Space Telescope
Date Released: April 2, 2001

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Chandra links pulsar to historic supernovaChandra links pulsar to historic supernova

New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggests a known pulsar is the present-day counterpart to a supernova that exploded in 386 AD, as witnessed by Chinese astronomers. If confirmed, this will be only the second pulsar to be clearly associated with a historic event.

Photo Platform: Chandra
Date Released: January 10, 2001

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Hubble Finds Mysterious Ring Structure Around Super Nova 1987AHubble Finds Mysterious Ring Structure Around Super Nova 1987A

This striking NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture shows three rings of glowing gas encircling the site of supernova 1987A, a star which exploded in February 1987.

Photo Platform: Hubble
Date Released: May 19, 1994

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Hubble Observes the Supernova in the Whirlpool GalaxyHubble Observes the Supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has returned the most detailed images ever of supernova 1994I which is in the "Whirlpool Galaxy" (M51) located 20 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Photo Platform: Hubble
Date Released: May 20, 1994

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