Cygnus Loop

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Colorful wisps of red, orange, and blue gas mark the edge of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant against a dark star-filled background.

Detail of the Cygnus Loop.This nebula is the product of a supernova explosion; in this section, the blast wave has encountered an area of dense interstellar gas, creating turbulence in the wave and causing it to glow. The picture is a composite of three images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Colorful wisps of red, orange, and blue gas mark the edge of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant against a dark star-filled background.

Cygnus Loop supernova remnant in the Cygnus constellation

A small part of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, which marks the edge of an expanding...

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Detail of the Cygnus Loop.This nebula is the product of a supernova explosion; in this section, the blast wave has encountered an area of dense interstellar gas, creating turbulence in the wave and causing it to glow. The picture is a composite of three images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Detail of the Cygnus Loop.This nebula...

Photo AURA/STScI/NASA/JPL (NASA photo # STScI-PRC95-11)