<p>The wisps of glowing gas that make up DEM L316A are the remnants of a supernova that rocked the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, more than 160,000 years ago.</p>
Crimson Carnage
The wisps of glowing gas that make up DEM L316A are the remnants of a supernova that rocked the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, more than 160,000 years ago.
- Week's Best Space Pictures
Gaze at Supernova Remains and Saturn's Six-Sided Storm
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This week, astronauts train on the ocean floor, red ribbons of gas reveal a long-ago supernova, and Saturn's rings star in an optical illusion.
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