A supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which lies about 160,000 light years from Earth. This composite image contains data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory that show heated material in the centre of a shell generated by a supernova explosion. Optical data from Hubble show the glowing pink rim, which is ambient gas being shocked by the blast wave from the supernova, as well as the surrounding star field. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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Size: 3600px × 2800px
Location: Space, the Universe, Crab Nebula
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
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