**Astronomy Picture of the Day**

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  "content": "**Astronomy Picture of the Day**\n\n07 May 2026\n\n**Supernova in a Sideways Spiral**\n\nVideo: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2605/supernova.mp4\n\nVideo Credit: Hunter Outten \u0026 Kaleb Jordan Text: Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )\n\nA long time ago, in a distant galaxy , a massive star was destroyed in a supernova explosion. The light of this event travelled for tens of millions of years and reached Earth last week as Supernova 2026kid . The featured video shows a time-lapse over three nights of the host galaxy NGC 5907 , an edge-on spiral also known as the Splinter or Knife Edge Galaxy, as the supernova appears and becomes brighter. (The occasional streaks are satellites in Earth orbit.) At its brightest, a supernova can outshine the sum of all other stars in its galaxy. Supernova 2026kid appears relatively dim , probably because we are seeing it through the edge-on disk of the galaxy. Such explosions typically happen about once per century in galaxies similar to the Milky Way , and their light can take months to fade away. The brightest supernova in recorded history was SN 1006 ; it is reported to have been brighter than Venus, and even visible in the sky during daytime.\n\n#APOD #Supernova #NGC5907 #EdgeOnSpiral #CosmicEvent #Astronomy\n\nhttps://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260507.html\n",
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