These are time-lapse images of an erupting star, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The first image was taken in May 2002, and the final image seven months later in December 2002. You can get more information and see additional photos on the Hubble Site.
(Thanks to ChariOtaku for this link.)
Category: Space
Mourning
Pilots (3.1MB MP3)
Beautiful Space
It’s amazing that this is real.
“A nearly perfect ring of hot, blue stars pinwheels about the yellow nucleus of an unusual galaxy known as Hoag’s Object. This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a face-on view of the galaxy’s ring of stars, revealing more detail than any existing photo of this object.”
More at the NASA Hubble website
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day