Supernova (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

Supernova

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The image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the light from a supernova, which is divided into four light representations using a 'cosmic lens.' This is the first multiple lensed supernova anyone has ever observed and the supernova is named after the Norwegian astronomer Sjur Refsdal, who theoretically predicted this phenomenon 50 years ago.

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NASA/ESA/GLASS/ FrontierSN team

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