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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on May 25, 2010, 03:30

Title: N49: Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion
Post by: sam on May 25, 2010, 03:30

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This beautiful composite image shows N49, the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A new long observation from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, shown in blue, reveals evidence for a bullet-shaped object being blown out of a debris field left over from an exploded star.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/n49/

Title: Re: N49: Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion
Post by: Clive on May 25, 2010, 08:49

What an amazing picture!   8-)