March 26, 2003

Light echos in space

And through it all, the Universe just keeps chugging along:




From ABC Online (Australia) - Light echoes through space: this sequence from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the January 2002 eruption of V838 Monocerotis reverberating through dust clouds - in May (top), September (middle), and December 2002 (bottom). At the centre is the expanding red supergiant (Pics: NASA/ESA/STScI)

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