Are you Ready to see a Supernova Explosion in Sky? Nasa Shared Amazing Pictures of an Explosion

Are you Ready to see a Supernova Explosion in Sky? Nasa Shared Amazing Pictures of an Explosion


A supernova “replay” is expected to appear in about 16 years, thanks to the gravity from an enormous galaxy cluster that lies between us and the faraway supernova. The gravity magnified and distorted the light from the supernova blast, splitting it into multiple copies.

Three mirror images of Supernova Requiem were spotted by Hubble scattered in an arc-like pattern across the cluster. Each image shows the supernova’s light at different times after the explosive event, and a fourth copy is likely to show up in 2037.


The prediction of the supernova's return appearance is based on computer models of the cluster, which describe the various paths the supernova light is taking through the maze of clumpy dark matter in the galaxy cluster. Dark matter is an invisible material that makes up most of the universe's matter and is the scaffolding upon which galaxies and galaxy clusters are built.

You can think about the supernova’s different light paths like this: Several trains leave a station at the same time, all traveling at the same speed and bound for the same location. Each train, however, takes a different route, and the distance for each route is not the same. Because the trains travel over different track lengths across different terrain, they do not arrive at their destination at the same time.