This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,


This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Supernova 1987a remnant. Artist's impression of the glowing ejected material around a recently exploded star, known as Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), showing the different elements present in the exploded material: two outer rings, one inner ring and the deformed, innermost expelled material. The image shows that the material was not ejected symmetrically in all directions. Image based on observations made using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory, :


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