NASA captures star’s final moments before blowing up

By Dean Murray

An explosive new space image reveals a star's inner conflict hours before it blew up.

The picture shows the inside of a star turning on itself in the short time before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory .

The shattered star, known as the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, is one of the best-known, well-studied objects in the sky.

NASA explains: "Over three hundred years ago, however, it was a giant star on the brink of self-destruction.

"The new Chandra study reveals that just hours before it exploded, the star’s interior violently rearranged itself.

"This last-minute shuffling of its stellar belly has profound implications for understanding how massive stars explode and how their remains behave afterwards."

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