Dazzling remains of star explosion revealed in new ESO image A new photo from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope captures the Vela supernova remnant, the result of a stellar explosion that happened 11,000 years ago. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bvr6t9BcFGBP4dVQSZ5c7T.jpg https://www.space.com/vlt-supernova-remnant-eso-image-vela-star-explosion