After the Explosion: Investigating Supernova Sites
A new study analyzes several sites where dead stars once exploded. The explosions, called Type Ia supernovae, occurred within galaxies, six of which are shown in these images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
- Date
- 2015-03-26
- Photographer / author
- SDSS
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
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- photograph
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