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Supernova 1987A: Halo for a Vanished Star (SN1987A) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Supernova 1987A: Halo for a Vanished Star

November 29, 1995 · NASA · SN1987A

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An eerie, nearly mirror-image pair of red luminescent gas "hula-hoops" frame the expanding debris of a star seen as a supernova explosion in 1987. (Image Released: April 1994)