Supernova Factory Spotted in Distant Galaxy

Seven new supernovae have been discovered in the ultra-luminous infrared galaxy Arp 220, 250 million light-years away from Earth. This is the highest number of stellar explosions found simultaneously in the same galaxy.

Epoch Times Staff

9/30/2011|Updated: 10/1/2015

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/ooarp220_hst_vlbi_full.jpeg" alt="Galaxy Arp 220 (main image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope) with some of its newly discovered supernovae (inset, taken with Global VLBI). The inset image is 250 light years across. (NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team, Chalmers )" title="Galaxy Arp 220 (main image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope) with some of its newly discovered supernovae (inset, taken with Global VLBI). The inset image is 250 light years across. (NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team, Chalmers )" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1797036"/></a>

Galaxy Arp 220 (main image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope) with some of its newly discovered supernovae (inset, taken with Global VLBI). The inset image is 250 light years across. (NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team, Chalmers )

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