Astronomers Caught This Amazing Stellar Pulse With The Hubble Telescope

Illuminate the universe and you'll see more beauty than you could ever imagine. That's exactly what a cosmic phenomenon, called a light echo, does. This Hubble image to the right was taken in February, 2004 and is a consequence of the revealing power of the light echo. This isn't just a pretty image, though. It's one of many that the Hubble has caught that actually teaches us something new about how our universe works. We think it's one of the most stunning scientific images we've seen from the ...