Hubble Captures Stunning Stellar Explosion in Four-Year Time-Lapse Video

Updated 6.3.16, 11:05 AM EDT by Jolene Creighton

Back in 2002, V838 Monocerotis (some 20,000 light years from Earth) underwent a sudden outburst. The variable red star got so big that it produced 600,000 times more light that the Sun.

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