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Supernova Remnant

"Intricate wisps of glowing gas float amid a myriad of stars in this image created by combining data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The gas is a supernova remnant...ejected from the explosion of a massive star that occurred some 3,000 years ago...It is estimated that the star that exploded as a supernova to produce (this) remnant was 10 to 15 times more massive than our own Sun. As fast-moving ejecta from the explosion slam into the cool, dense interstellar clouds in the LMC, complex shock fronts are created."

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0510/04supernova/supernova.jpg


Enjoy, Vince

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