
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.
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NASA ID
PIA10926
Date Created
July 1, 2008
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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