NASA / CXC / Penn State / STScI / UIUC
This image of the supernova remnant N49 combines optical observations (in yellowand white) with an X-ray view (in blue). Labels indicate the supernova point source toward the upper left as well as a speeding “bullet” of debris at lower right.
The stringy leftovers of a stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud make up one of the most photogenic blast scenes in our cosmic neighborhood. In the past, astronomers have used the Hubble Space…(read more)