The image above shows the Veil nebulae supernova remnant, took from NASA's Hubble Telescope. The image is composed of 6 separate images, each image covers a distance of 2 light years. When all 6 images are put together it reveals this stunning view from the remains of a massive star, that exploded over 8,000 years ago. That star had a mass 20 times larger than that of our own sun. Different gases are contained within the remnant and are shown in different colours to create the image. The red/ orange colours tell us that Hydrogen is present, the green colours tell us that Sulphur is present and the blue colours tells us that Oxygen is present.
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