Supernova

"Space: the final frontier" - Star Trek

Check out this YouTube clip of a supernova filmed by the Hubble Space telescope over a period of two years. http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/09/can_explosions_move_faster_tha.php

Bottom Line

When I look at this I think, "it must be an artist rendering or a computer simulation." But we really have come a long way in our ability to see astronomical events.

P.S.

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful wife!