NASA's Hubble Telescope maps giant Halo around Andromeda galaxy, leaves netizens amazed

NASA's Hubble telescope has captured an eye-catching giant halo of gas around Andromeda galaxy, which is the nearest from the Milky Way which extends 1.3 million light-years. According to NASA, the original Supernova explosion was larger than the sun. On Thursday, NASA shared a picture of this giant halo on its Hubble telescope's official Twitter handle which received interesting reactions from netizens. 

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The recent post shared by NASA's Hubble telescope's official Twitter handle has invited a lot of reactions from the netizens. Some say that this star explosion caused a black hole while others say that it will take 2,400 light-years for this Supernova blast to reach the earth. Some people appreciated NASA for this picture, while some expressed their desire to take a spaceship and go there. Have a look at the various reactions posted on Twitter. 

 

NASA's Hubble telescope captures 'veil-like' Supernova Blast

Earlier Hubble telescope also detected two Supernovae, SN 1971D and SN 2017erp in the galaxy in May 2020 formed due to luminous explosions. According to NASA scientists, the phenomenon was “brighter than any other star in the night sky.” However, scientists said that the “brightest supernova ever recorded.” Supernova in the galaxy is SN 1006, which exploded in Milky Way galaxy and shone “16 times as bright as Venus from April 30 to May 1, 1006 AD.”

According to NASA scientists, a Supernova blast is a 'super-powerful and extremely bright explosion of a star in space' which happened 10,000-20,000 years ago. The remnants of the dead stars expanded 60 light-years from its centre at a speed of 220 miles per second in Andromeda Galaxy. Scientists observed the shockwaves emanating out of the dead stars that marked the outer edge of the supernova. NASA explains in the release that the interstellar material interacted with the burst material that spiralled outwardly which led to the formation of a veil-like stellar structure due to powerful explosion.

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