Echoes of a Stellar Ending
Listed as Cassiopeia A, this remnant of the supernova is one of the brightest radio sources in the known universe. More recently, NASA WISE telescope detected infrared echoes of the flash of light rippling outwards from the supernova.
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NASA ID
PIA15480
Date Created
March 14, 2012
Center
JPL
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