Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast Wall Art including Frame Canvas 5-metre Danish telescope at the

5-metre Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory

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they have cast off layers of gas periodically over the past couple thousand years

The peaks are approximately 100 feet tall (30-35 meters)

Powerful ultraviolet radiation and fast winds from the bluest and hottest stars have blown a big bubble around the cluster

Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast Wall Art including Frame Canvas 5-metre Danish telescope at theWhile appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky, this image from the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, located around 2,400 light years away. The name of the supernova remnant comes from its position in the northern constellation of Cygnus (the Swan), where it covers an area 36 times larger than the full Moon. The original supernova explosion blasted apart a dying