The Hubble Space Telescope caught images of the early stages of an exploding star, also known as a supernova. The star, which was discovered in March of 2006, named Supernova SN2006bc, is almost 60 million light years from earth. It is located in a spiral galaxy called NGC 2397. Astronomers from northern Ireland have been studying the galaxy to help scientists understand why some stars explode in giant supernovae and others collapse to form blackholes.
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