Here is a really KOOL video from Space.com. It is what a supernova would look like. I love space and the awesome of what goes on out there beyond our small planet.
The two white dwarf stars of planetary nebula Henize 2-428 will be drawn ever closer together over the next 700 million years, ultimately obliterating one another in a type 1A supernova. (Space.com)
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