06/04/2013 12:00 AM EDT
A
flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the
3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova.Astronomers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to observe the light emitted by the close double-star system T Pyxidis, or T Pyx, a recurring nova, during its latest outburst in April 2011.
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