Watch | NASA Hubble releases video of Pencil Nebula: 'A star that exploded thousands of years ago...'

NASA releases stunning video of Pencil Nebula, part of Vela supernova remnant. Nebula resides 815 light-years away in constellation Vela, glowing due to supernova shock wave interaction with dense gas.

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