
This artist concept shows the explosion of a massive star, the remains of which are named Cassiopeia A. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that the star exploded with some degree of order.
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NASA ID
PIA01902
Date Created
October 26, 2006
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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