The Titanic Eruption of Star Eta Carinae Wall Art including Frame PopSocket most of the light from

most of the light from the thousands of individual stars is blurred into a single glowing blotch

It is a dry lake with a diameter of about 45 kilometers

Located 45 million light-years away from Earth

resides approximately 70 million light-years away in the constellation of Lepus (The Hare)

causing new stars to form within it

The Titanic Eruption of Star Eta Carinae Wall Art including Frame PopSocket most of the light fromAstronomers cannot yet explain what caused the titanic eruption of star Eta Carinae in the 1840s. The discovery of likely Eta Carinae "twins" in other galaxies will help scientists better understand this brief phase in the life of a massive star. Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team