This eerie looking gas, named DEM L241, in the Large Magellanic Cloud some 160 000 light years away, is a remnant of a Supernova explosion. Find out more about it by reading our article on supernovae and their remnants.
Credits: Petri Vaisanen and Veronica van Wyk
Supernova in Centaurus A
A supernova, a star that just ended its life in an explosion, was discovered Feb 8, 2016 in a nearby galaxy known as Centaurus A. Read more about the discovery in our official news article.
Credits: Éric Depagne and Thea Koen
Looking into the Carina nebula
This picture of the inner part of the Carina Nebula is a composition of pictures taken with three different filters by SALT. The over exposed group of stars to the right of the centre is Trumpler 14, a young open star cluster inside the nebula.
