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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

Sweeping Supernovas Clean Up The Cosmos

This space photograph shows a 2200-year-old supernova remnant that is sweeping up a remarkable amount of material — enough to make 45 Suns! The picture shows the supernova remnant in blue while the cosmic dust is shown in pink.

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X-ray: NASA/CXC/Morehead State Univ/T.Pannuti et al.; Optical: DSS; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Radio: NRAO/VLA/Argentinian Institut of Radioastronomy/G.Dubner

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