Stellar collision triggers supernova explosion

In this image, fast-moving debris from a supernova explosion, triggered by a stellar collision, crashes into gas thrown out earlier, and the shocks cause bright radio emission seen by the U.S. National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.

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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - April 19, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video