Friday 12 September 2014

Unprecedented X-ray View of Supernova Remains

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Unprecedented X-ray View of Supernova Remains
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2014 - The destructive results of a powerful supernova explosion reveal themselves in a delicate tapestry of X-ray light, as seen in this image from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton. The image shows the remains of a supernova that would have been witnessed on Earth about 3,700 years ago. The remnant is called Puppis A, and is around 7,000 light years awa ... more


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