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Dark Energy Camera captures remains of a massive star that exploded nearly 11,000 years ago in huge gigapixel image
The Vela Supernova Remnant is merely the ghost of a massive star that once was. When the star exploded 11,000 years ago, its outer layers were violently stripped away and flung into the ...
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Dark Energy Camera captures record-breaking image of a dead star's scattered remains
This billowing mass of dust filaments and gas tendrils stretching across 100 light-years of space like delicate lace is the Vela supernova remnant — scattered ashes of a star that exploded about ...
Pulsars are the remnants of large stars that exploded in a supernova. They are made up of a collection of neutrons, and have strong magnetic fields that accelerate parti…
Pulsars are the remnants of large stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out these 7 stunning pulsar images shared by NASA ...
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Evidence in Support of a Rotational Model for the Pulsar PSR 0833–45
Measurements of the pulsar tentatively identified with the supernova remnant Vela X support the rotational model. This pulsar is remarkable for the very high degree of linear polarization in its ...
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German scientists investigate supernova remnant SNR G309.8+00.0 at high energies
SNR G309.8+00.0 is a supernova remnant lying exactly on the galactic plane, first discovered in radio wavelengths about half a century ago. It appears as a well-defined shell of elliptical shape ...