Hubble captures star explosion over four years

Nasa’s Hubble telescope captures breathtaking images of the Monocerotis star’s explosion and its aftermath over a span of four years In early 2002, astronomers witnessed an enormous explosion emanating from V838 Monocerotis, a red star located some 20,000 light years away from the Earth’s Sun. As it burst, V838 created an expanding light echo -- where light from a stellar explosionbounces off dust surrounding the star -- which the Hubble telescope captured in a series of images between 2002 and 2006. Th