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Our star may seem like a model of constancy, but its surface is violently active, rocked by explosions and sun quakes.

Gazing up at the night sky is a reward unto itself: the splendor of the Universe awaits! But when you use a telescope and a camera, you can capture that beauty in ways that even our sophisticated eyes cannot detect.

A close-up look inside the death of a star.