Tag: supernova remnant
Flying Dust
by CritterKeeper on Mar.30, 2010, under General
NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Dust from the remains of a collapsed star flies past a nearby family of stars in this image from NASA’s Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes.
A Glowing Pencil
by CritterKeeper on Jan.25, 2010, under General
Credit: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A stellar shockwave from a supernova 11,000 years ago forms a line in space reminding many observers on Earth of a pencil.
Horseshoes and Jellyfish
by CritterKeeper on Nov.17, 2009, under Water Creatures
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Hubble SM4 ERO Team
Glowing pink and purple gas resembling a horseshoe or a jellyfish are all that’s left of supernova remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A star 10 to 15 times larger and more massive than the Sun exploded about 3,000 years ago to create this expanding shell of gas and dust. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s sharp vision shows astronomers details within the remnant.
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