This supernova ‘pizza’ in a lab mimics the cosmic blast’s splendid aftermath

Nestled in the constellation Taurus, a spectacle of swirling cosmic gasses measuring half a dozen lightyears across glows in shades of emerald and auburn. The Crab Nebula was born of a supernova, the explosion of a giant star, and now, a lab machine the size of a double door replicates how the immense blasts paint the astronomical swirls into existence.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-supernova-pizza-lab-mimics-cosmic.html