.This photo, launched on Feb. 24, 2017, shows Supernova 1987a (facility) bordered by impressive reddish clouds of fuel and also dust within the Huge Magellanic Cloud. This supernova, 1st uncovered on Feb. 23, 1987, blazed along with the energy of 100 million Suns. Because that 1st glimpse, SN 1987A has remained to attract stargazers along with its magnificent play of light. Situated in the close-by Sizable Magellanic Cloud, it was the closest supernova explosion observed in centuries and also the most effective possibility however for stargazers to study the phases just before, throughout, and after the death of a star.Picture credit score: NASA, ESA, R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Facility for Astrophysics and also Gordon and also Betty Moore Foundation), and M. Mutchler as well as R. Avila (STScI).