A stars massive outburst captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Credit: NASA/ESA
This outburst from star system V838 Monocerotis is possibly a luminous red nova, a stellar explosion thought to be caused by the merging of two stars. The timelapse was created from images captured by Hubble over approximately four years. Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V838_Monocerotis
@wonderofscience Wow! Now that's an out-of-this-world timelapse!
@wonderofscience that’s amazing!