Space / 2008-07-01
Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
NASA's image library records Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy. This image, taken by NASA Hubble Space Telescope, is a very thin section of a supernova remnant caused by a stellar explosion that occurred more than 1,000 years ago.