A ring of fire forms around a new supernova

A 6 - trillion - mil - wide annulus of flatulency encircles a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud , Supernova 1987A , and the explosion from the supernova are lighting it up like a candle , create what will become a glowing ring .

agree to the Hubble Space Telescope ’s news site :

An international squad of uranologist using the Hubble Space Telescope report a significant brightening of the emissions from Supernova 1987A. The results , which appear in this week ’s Science magazine , are consistent with theoretic predictions about how supernovae interact with their immediate galactic environment .

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The team observed the supernova remnant in optical , ultraviolet radiation , and virtually - infrared light . They studied the interaction between the ejecta from the stellar burst and a glowing 6 - trillion - mile - diameter annulus of natural gas encircling the supernova remnant . The gas ring was in all probability shed some 20,000 years before the supernova exploded . Shock waves ensue from the impact of the ejecta onto the anchor ring have brightened 30 to 40 ivory - like “ hot spots ” in the ring . These blob in all likelihood will grow and merge together in the coming years to make a uninterrupted , glowing circle .

“ We are see the issue a supernova can have in the surrounding galaxy , including how the energy deposit by these stellar explosions changes the dynamics and interpersonal chemistry of the surround , ” articulate University of Colorado at Boulder Research Associate Kevin France of the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy . “ We can use these fresh data point to understand how supernova process regulate the evolution of galaxies . ”

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