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Type II supernova. Artwork

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-snv99-00012

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 29 cm

This image shows steps in a celestial cataclysm. As the nuclear reaction within a giant star's core falters, the core collapses, triggering an intensely energetic rebound that shatters the star.

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Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ASTRONOMY - EVOLUTION - EXPLOSION - ILLUSTRATION - RED GIANT - RED SUPERGIANT - STAR - SUPERGIANT - SUPERNOVA - TYPE II -