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  • 11 years ago
A supernova remnant called G352.7-0.1 has swept away about 45 times the Sun's mass worth of material during its expansion. This is an unusual occurrence, leading researchers to believe that remnant interacted with a massive amount of dense material. A Chandra X-ray telescope study of the remnant (that is about 24,000 lights years from Earth) was used to make the find.

Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/g352/

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