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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured

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three separate moments in a far-off

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supernova explosion in a single snapshot

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these moments provide a unique glimpse

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into the supernova's early life

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it is quite rare to detect a supernova

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explosion at a very early stage because

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that stage is so short it only lasts for

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hours to a few days and it can be easily

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missed

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the star exploded more than 11 billion

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years ago when the universe was less

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than one-fifth of its current age of

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13.8 billion years in a single exposure

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Hubble captured the supernova's rapid

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change of color which indicates

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temperature change the early hotter

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phase appears blue as the Supernova

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cooled its light turned redder this

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detection was possible through a

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phenomenon called gravitational lensing

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as first predicted by Einstein's theory

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of general relativity

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in this case the immense gravity of the

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Galaxy cluster Abel 370 both bent and

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magnified the light from the more

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distant Supernova located behind the

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cluster like a giant Cosmic lens

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this lensing effect split and warped the

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supernova's light bending it along

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separate Pathways of varying lengths

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the different travel times between each

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path created a time delay that produced

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three distinct images of the explosion

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at different times that arrived at Earth

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this is the first detailed look at a

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supernova at such an early time of the

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universe's evolution

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the research could help scientists learn