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NASA Hubble Captures Supernova Explosion

| Jun 08, 2015 03:51 PM EDT

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Three supernovas were captured by NASA's space telescope, Hubble, the star explosion occurred in the large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.The stars are said to be misguided from their path billion years ago in the far away galaxy.

According to Benchmarker, the phenomenon happened in a profound and empty universe space where the nearest neighbors were also hundred light years away. Star went supernova as they reach the end of their life.

"Nearly 100 times farther than our sun's nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri, 4.24 light years distant," Robert Sanders from the University of California said. The stars were so far away from other galactic stars and some planets and asteroids may have been there. So far, nothing prominent was seen which could face the fragments of the explosion.

Supernovas were discovered between 2008 and 2010 by the Hubble space telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Hubble has the sensitivity to capture the faintest white small object in the universe.

Theoretically, the explosion is caused by a star spilling component onto a white small star making massive explosions in the universe, NASA reported.

Astronomers can not confirm if there were other stars and planets located in the same galaxy that could be obliterated, although in analysis no remnants were seen, the best explanation is the so-called "double degenerate model" which means two small stars collide. 

NASA still studying the images of the supernova, it said to appear four times like an Einstein Cross pattern. The said occurrence is likely to happen again in nearly five years. 

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