Scientists began shooting lasers at the angry purple nebula, which had been exploding for nearly 200 years.

A ground-based telescope fired lasers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in an effort to better understand the exploding star system.

The Carina Nebula, or the base cloud, is known as a pair of two gigantic stars that have been erupting steadily in an astonishing explosion of gas and dust about 200 years ago. It is located 7,500 light-years away, and is one of the brightest star systems in the Milky Way, according to a Live Science website report.

There are four orange laser beams that explode across the Milky Way galaxy in the "angry" purple nebula.

Scientists say that seeing this far away in space is difficult, even in the brightest stars such as Eta Carina (the massive variable star).

The snapshot, released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), looks like a cosmic battle to the death, but it actually captures a clever astronomical trick that scientists use to look through time and space.

Even using the most powerful telescope on Earth, the one in Chile, it is still difficult to see the nebula in the galaxy due to the Earth's gaseous atmosphere, which can blur and distort the vision of celestial bodies.

This is where the laser comes in. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) says that a laser fired to mimic distant stars (sodium particles in the atmosphere cause the beams to glow orange) could allow astronomers to understand how blurry the rays are due to the atmosphere.

Artificial stars are simulated from one of the components of the very large telescope, according to the "Life Science" website.

Using these simulations, scientists can train how the telescope corrects in order for atmospheric haze to dissipate when staring at real stars, galaxies and other objects such as Eta Karina.

So, Earth scientists are actively firing lasers into the core of an Explosive Star System, only to be able to better identify it.

Source: Daily Star

By:Nadeemy Haded