Photo: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA

The Vela Supernova Remnant tells the story of what happens after a star dies.

Now, this stellar structure is the subject of a record-breaking photo.

Located about 800 light-years away from Earth, the Vela Supernova Remnant is about 100 light-years across.

Vela Supernova Remnant by Dark Energy Camera

Photo: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA

At the same time, some of the gas and dust may help form a new star someday.

Some of the most interesting objects found within the new 1.3-gigapixel Vela Supernova Remnant image.

(Photo: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA)

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Some of the most interesting objects found within the new 1.3 gigapixel Vela Supernova Remnant image, captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab.

Some of the most interesting objects found within the new 1.3-gigapixel Vela Supernova Remnant image. (Photo: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA)