Supernova Dust Factory in M74
Astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have spotted a dust factory 30 million light-years away in the spiral galaxy M74. The factory is located at the scene of a massive star explosive death, or supernova.
- Date
- 2006-06-09
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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