Hubble captures a star that survived its own explosion 

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features a stunning view of the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, located about 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus, shines with bluish stars and trails of dusty gas. The real fascination lies not just in how NGC 1309 looks - it’s what happened there that keeps astronomers coming back. The galaxy has been a familiar subject for Hubble, appearing in images released in...