Tangled in a supernova web

Supernovae are renowned for expelling material into the cosmos, which rides on the waves of the stellar explosion. In the case of SNR 0454-67.2, this catastrophic cataclysmic eruption has moulded the tangles of red and blue threads seen by NASA/ ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy residing close to the Milky Way, this Type Ia supernova was the result of a white dwarf continuously feeding on its stellar partner until it gorged too much, exploding in a bright flash as a consequence.