10 stunning images of supernovas shared by NASA

10 stunning images of supernovas shared by NASA .

The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration frequently shares breathtaking pictures of stars and cosmos .

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A supernova is formed when the star reaches the end of it's life and explodes into a gigantic burst of light in space .

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This image is captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's near Infrared Camera. It shows supernova remnant Cassiopeia A and the expanding shell of gas during star's explosion .

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This image of a stellar explosion in a galaxy was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope .

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This striking image is a composite image shared by NASA. It shows the debris of a star that exploded in a galaxy close to Milky Way .

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This beautiful image of the Wolf-Rayet star was captured by NASA's Webb Space Telescope .

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This Stunning image of GK Persei nova was captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory . The image shows the outburst of mass .

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This mesmerising image of the Crab Nebula captured by NASA's .It shows enormous clouds of gas emerging from an explosion of star.

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