10 breathtaking images of supernova remnants captured by NASA
Supernova remnants are the result of explosions caused by the death of stars. The US space agency NASA often shares marvellous pics of supernova remnants in space.
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Here is a look at 10 breathtaking images of supernova remnants shared by NASA.
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This captivating image shows Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant about 11,000 light years from Earth. The image features debris from a massive star which exploded about 340 years ago.
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This image is captured by NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer and Chandra X-Ray Observatory, showing the supernova remnant SN 1006 featuring an outward movement in its magnetic field.
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NASA's Chandra X-ray captured this sight of the supernova remnant G299, located within our Milky Way galaxy.
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This striking image captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray shows a supernova remnant produced by the explosion of a massive star, producing high amounts of oxygen into the universe.
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This mesmerising pic shows the supernova remnant 0519-69.0. The blast wave from the stellar explosion that created the remnant continues to travel at more than 6.1 million kilometres per hour, hundreds of years after the initial explosion.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the supernova remnant (SNR), which is 160,000 light-years from Earth and surrounded by clouds of gas.
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This beautiful image features the supernova remnant Tycho, named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who first spotted it in 1572.
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Captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, this image shows the supernova remnant MSH 11-62 amidst an irregular shell of hot gas.
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NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory captured this image of 30 Doradus B, which was created due to a pair of stellar explosions.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunning sight featuring the remnants of the explosive death of a star 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud.