Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Hubble animated GIF image of a star exploding

The image looks like an eyeball and explodes over time in this animated gif series. The star, named V838 Monocerotis, has suddenly grown so big that if placed in the center of our solar system it would engulf Jupiter. The full story can be found here
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/light_echo_030326.html

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