The aftermath

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of a supernova remnant in a distant galaxy while on a quick break from its usual observations.

Follow us on Twitter [@Spacedotcom](http://twitter.com/spacedotcom) (opens in new tab) and on Like our own [Milky Way](https://www.space.com/19915-milky-way-galaxy.html), UGC 2890 is a [spiral galaxy](https://www.space.com/22382-spiral-galaxy.html) with a central bulge and a rotating star-studded disk. To snap this image, Hubble used its powerful Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). (The supernova didn't actually go off in 2009, of course; given that UGC lies 30 million light-years away, we're seeing what happened there 30 million years ago.) [@Sharmilakg](https://twitter.com/Sharmilakg) (opens in new tab). For reference, the