Sunday, March 27, 2011

supernova new cosmic rays

supernova new cosmic rays The supernova, produced by the explosion of a white dwarf star and first spotted by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe in 1572, is located about 13,000 light years from Earth.
In the new X-ray image, taken by the Chandra telescope, the Low-energy X-rays (red) show the expanding debris from the supernova explosion and high energy X-rays (blue) show the blast wave, a shell of extremely energetic electrons.
These high-energy X-rays show a pattern of X-ray “stripes” never

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