2026 October 07 - Supernova Pa 30

In today's image, we see supernova remnant Pa 30 which resembles a cosmic firework, but it is likely the remnant of a supernova observed in 1181. Its surviving central star and newly revealed chains of gas knots offer clues to an unusual, incomplete stellar explosion.

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