IN PHOTOS: The Hubble Space Telescope s Most Colorful Photos: Nebulae, Supernovas, and MORE techtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from techtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
06 May 2021, 03:05 am
It s typical for us to see a dead star every night. It is common knowledge that not all stars above are alive since others have already exploded unknowingly. With the help of NASA s Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have spotted for the last time how a star has transformed into a supernova in its end-stage.
Hubble Space Telescope Helps Scientists Saw How the Star Burst
(Photo : Miriam Espacio from Pexels)
Seeing a star on its terminal stage is a relief for scientists, especially to the astronomers who regularly schedule sightseeing with a telescope.
While the event seems to be predictable, they have indeed recognized a normal explosion through the Hubble Space telescope, and yet, what they found out about the star was really fascinating.
24 January 2021, 8:58 am EST By
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were witnesses to five intense blue jets of light shooting up from thunderstorm clouds into the stratosphere, with each flash lasting mere 10 milliseconds each.
(Photo : Screengrab from ESA)
Blue Lights and Elves
The astronauts aboard the space station describe seeing four of the blue flashes accompanied by a pulse of ultraviolet (UV) light that appears as a rapidly expanding ring.
Meanwhile, the fifth and final flash created a pulsating blue jet, which is a form of lightning that can reach up to 50 kilometers or 31 miles into the stratosphere and only lasts less than a second.