
This is the first map of radioactivity in a supernova remnant, the blown-out bits and pieces of a massive star that exploded. The blue color shows radioactive material mapped in high-energy X-rays using NASA NuSTAR.
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PIA17838
Date Created
February 19, 2014
Center
JPL
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