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Hubble Solves Mystery on Source of Supernova in Nearby Galaxy
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NASA image release January 11, 2012 Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding mystery on the type of star, or so-called progenitor, that caused a supernova in a nearby galaxy. The finding yields new observational data for pinpointing one of several scenarios that could trigger such outbursts.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineHubble Solves Mystery on Source of Supernova in Nearby Galaxy. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001791.
