Giant Star Goes Supernova, Smothered by its own Dust (Artist Concept) While searching the skies for black holes using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a giant supernova that was smothered in its own dust. In this artist's rendering, an outer shell of gas and dust, which erupted from the star hundreds of years ago obscures the supernova within. This event in a distant galaxy hints at one possible future for the brightest star system in our own Milky Way.

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Giant Star Goes Supernova, Smothered by its own Dust (Artist Concept) While searching the skies for black holes using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a giant supernova that was smothered in its own dust. In this artist's rendering, an outer shell of gas and dust, which erupted from the star hundreds of years ago obscures the supernova within. This event in a distant galaxy hints at one possible future for the brightest star system in our own Milky Way.

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