.This image, released on Feb. 24, 2017, shows Supernova 1987a (facility) bordered by impressive reddish clouds of fuel and dirt within the Sizable Magellanic Cloud. This supernova, 1st found out on Feb. 23, 1987, blazed along with the energy of one hundred million Suns. Because that 1st discovery, SN 1987A has actually remained to attract astronomers along with its own stunning light show. Found in the surrounding Big Magellanic Cloud, it was actually the closest supernova blast observed in hundreds of years and also the very best chance yet for astronomers to research the phases before, during, and after the fatality of a superstar.Photo credit: NASA, ESA, R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Gordon as well as Betty Moore Structure), and also M. Mutchler and R. Avila (STScI).