Celestial Bauble (SNR B0509-67.5) Wall Art Size:MEDIUM (30 X 20) EDT on Saturday

EDT on Saturday

The desert location means that moisture in the atmosphere is at a very low level

as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space telescope

Spitzer's primary mission lasted five-and-a-half years and ended when it ran out of the liquid helium coolant necessary to operate two of its three instruments

and knowing the speed of the jets from previous studies

Celestial Bauble (SNR B0509-67.5) Wall Art Size:MEDIUM (30 X 20) EDT on SaturdayThis delicate shell, photographed by the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope, appears to float serenely in the depths of space, but this apparent calm hides an inner turmoil. The gaseous envelope formed as the expanding blast wave and ejected material from a supernova tore through the nearby interstellar medium. Called SNR B0509 67. 5 (or SNR 0509 for short), the bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud