Hubble telescope images show fireworks in space provided by explosive star system

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Monday, July 1, 2019
Space fireworks show seen in new Hubble images
An explosive star system 7,500 light years away is providing its own celestial fireworks show thanks to the Hubble telescope.

If you're a fan of fireworks, you might want to check out this show in space.

The Hubble telescope is capturing amazing colors from a cosmic fireworks show coming from 7,500 light years away.

The source is the double star system named Eta Carinae.

The fireworks-like show started back in the 1840s when the system went through a massive outburst, named "the great eruption," making it one of the brightest stars in Earth's sky at the time.