Hubble Captures 3 Faces of Evolving Supernova in Early Universe (IMAGE)

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Hubble Captures 3 Faces of Evolving Supernova in Early Universe

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Through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, three different moments in a far-off supernova explosion were captured in a single snapshot by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The light from the supernova, which was located behind the galaxy cluster Abell 370, was multiply lensed by the cluster's immense gravity. Download the full-resolution, uncompressed version and supporting visuals from the Space Telescope Science Institute.

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Credits: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, STScI, Wenlei Chen (UMN), Patrick Kelly (UMN), Hubble Frontier Fields

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