Supernova

A Wild Cousin of A Supernova



Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/Columbia/F.Bauer et al); Visible light (NASA/STScI/UMD/A.Wilson et al.)

SN 1996cr in Circinus Galaxy

A web of telescopes discovered this wild thing exploding near us (astronomically speaking of course, otherwise, we'd be evaporated....-)).