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Back in the year 1006, humans recorded the arrival of light from a supernova explosion caused by the death of a star 7,000 light-years away!

In this #HubbleClassic view, some of the supernova's “leftovers” are seen as a red ribbon moving through space: https://go.nasa.gov/3IM5s5b
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SN 1006 Supernova Remnant (Hubble)

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Daniel Lakeland
Daniel Lakeland
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Haha, I first read that as a "Red Gibbon" and thought "I for one welcome our ginger ape overlords"
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The Invisible Universe
The Invisible Universe
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Hi, I'm new to mastodon so maybe I'm missing something but it seems like far fewer, none so far for me, of your images posted have alt text descriptions. Am I missing them somehow? Thanks.

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