Hubble Captures Supernova's Light Echo

  • Released Thursday, November 9th, 2017
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:47PM
  • ID: 12773

Over a period of two and a half years, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the "light echo" of supernova SN 2014J in galaxy M82, located 11.4 million light-years away.

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