Space is a reservoir of impressive shows that scientifically explain the reasons for existence. The universe is vast and NASA and other space or astronomical agencies have only detected just a drop, but within the little there are images that constantly amaze us.
One of many, with much to resolve, is the explosions of massive stars or the birth of supernovae.
These events, explains NASA in one of its educational portals, are the “largest that humans have ever seen. All star bursts are extremely bright and super powerful.”
They occur when stars like our Sun, some larger and some smaller, reach the end of their lives. That is, they stop providing energy to the planets that surround it.
During their life they burn a large amount of fuel that remains within their cores. This situation concentrates a lot of energy in its center, it heats up above normal generating pressure and in this way, by nuclear incineration they keep working.
But there comes a time in their lives they run out of fuel, cool down and the pressure drops. This increases the gravity of the element and thus begins to crumble.
Theoretical astrophysicists say that it is very possible that it will happen to our Sun in the future.
For now there is no need to worry, according to calculations this should happen within 5,000 million years.
Supernovae captured by NASA’s Hubble
While we wait for this to happen in our Solar System, NASA’s space observatories, such as HubbleThey look into the depths of the cosmos. And so they capture visual spectacles like this explosion of a star towards supernova.
According to what the Science and More portal explains, Hubble was recording data from the explosion of this star for four years; period that served to illustrate this video of just 20 seconds in which the catastrophic expulsion of energy in the death of the star and the birth of the supernova.
Massive explosion of a star captured over four years by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit Wonder Of Science
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