The force from the blast throws the remains of the star deep into space, where they will one day recollapse to form a star once more.
Nature is wonderful at recycling.
And as the late Carl Sagan was fond of saying, we are all made of star stuff. Here we see the blast from a distant planetary system. Had it been these planets' star that had exploded, their atmospheres would have been vaporised. Click here to return to home page.