Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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This animation illustrates the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, the leftovers of a star that died with a double-detonation. These two blasts imprinted a characteristic layered structure in the expanding material around the star. At the end of the animation, we show a real image captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which displays different chemical elements in different colors. There are two concentric shells of calcium, seen here in blue, a telltale sign that the star met its end with two detonations.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/P. Das et al. Background stars, final image (Hubble): K. Noll et al.
scitechdaily.com/star-explodes-twice-astronomers-capture-stunning-supernova-remains
This animation illustrates the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, the leftovers of a star that died with a double-detonation. These two blasts imprinted a characteristic layered structure in the expanding material around the star. At the end of the animation, we show a real image captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which displays different chemical elements in different colors. There are two concentric shells of calcium, seen here in blue, a telltale sign that the star met its end with two detonations.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/P. Das et al. Background stars, final image (Hubble): K. Noll et al.
