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Supernova Remnants Big and Small
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Supernova Remnants Big and Small

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Supernova Remnants Big and Small

By Overlook Horizon|2025-01-08T08:09:14-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: nasa, Photo, photo of the day, picture, Remnants, Supernova|

Photo of the Day What happens after a star explodes? A huge fireball of hot gas shoots out in all directions. When this gas slams into the existing interstellar medium, it heats up so much it glows. Two different supernova remnants (SNRs) are visible in the featured image, taken at the Oukaïmeden Observatory in [...]

Filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant
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Filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant

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Filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant

By Overlook Horizon|2024-04-16T09:09:05-04:00April 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: Filaments, nasa, Photo, photo of the day, picture, Supernova|

Photo of the Day The explosion is over, but the consequences continue. About eleven thousand years ago, a star in the constellation of Vela could be seen to explode, creating a strange point of light briefly visible to humans living near the beginning of recorded history. The outer layers of the star crashed into [...]