Hubble Captures Supernova’s Light Echo

Light Echo around SN 2014J in M82

Hubble Spots Expanding Light Echo around Supernova Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space. The supernova, called SN 2014J, occurred at the upper right of M82, and is marked by an “X.” The...

Compass Image for SN 2014J in M82

Zooming in on a Light Echo

This video sequence takes the viewer into the nearby starburst galaxy M82, where a shell of light surrounding an exploding star is moving through interstellar space. The light was emitted from supernova SN 2014J, which was first observed in January 2014. Nearly three years...

Zooming in on a Light Echo (Narrated)

This video sequence takes the viewer into the nearby starburst galaxy M82, where a shell of light surrounding an exploding star is moving through interstellar space. The light was emitted from supernova SN 2014J, which was first observed in January 2014. Nearly three years...

Zooming in on a Light Echo (Annotated)

This video sequence takes the viewer into the nearby starburst galaxy M82, where a shell of light surrounding an exploding star is moving through interstellar space. The light was emitted from supernova SN 2014J, which was first observed in January 2014. Nearly three years...

Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star (Black-and-White)

A gush of light unleashed by the explosive death of a star is the gift that keeps on giving. The dead star is no longer visible, but the light emitted by the stellar blast, called a supernova, is still reverberating through space three years after the star’s demise was...

Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star

A gush of light unleashed by the explosive death of a star is the gift that keeps on giving. The dead star is no longer visible, but the light emitted by the stellar blast, called a supernova, is still reverberating through space three years after the star's demise was...