Hubble captures supernova 70M light-years away as it briefly outshines its host galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured images of an exploding star 70 million light-years away. The event was recorded as part of an ongoing program to measure the expansion rate of the universe in order to better understand its age. For a moment, the explosion outshined its entire host galaxy and the resulting energy was 'equal to the radiance of 5 billion Suns.' NASA has assembled its images from the Hubble Space Telescope to create a new time-lapse sequence, seen below. The supernova ex...