Hubble Space Telescope captures exploding star

By Bridie Smith
Updated March 12 2015 - 10:08am, first published March 6 2015 - 6:15am
Hubble captures a supernova. Photo: NASA and ESA
Hubble captures a supernova. Photo: NASA and ESA

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first images of a star exploding, using a "cosmic lens" to capture four separate images of the one event.

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