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A new movie lets you watch a star’s explosion that began almost two centuries ago.
Eta Carinae is a double-star system located about 7,500 light-years from Earth.
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory show this explosion change over time.
This information lets astronomers ‘rewind’ the explosion to learn more about it.
More at: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/etacar/
A new movie lets you watch a star’s explosion that began almost two centuries ago.
Eta Carinae is a double-star system located about 7,500 light-years from Earth.
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory show this explosion change over time.
This information lets astronomers ‘rewind’ the explosion to learn more about it.
More at: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/etacar/
