Ten years ago the most notable supernova of modern times was observed. In February 1987, light reached Earth from a star which exploded in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. Supernova 1987a remains the closest supernova since the invention of the telescope . The explosion catapulted a tremendous amount of gas , light , and neutrinos into interstellar space. The above high resolution images resolve two blobs flung out from the central explosion.
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