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Supernova N49 (NASA, Chandra, 11/29/2006) Spitzer Space Telescope, Beautiful Universe, Hubble Images, Super Nova, Nebulas, Space Astronomy, Space Universe, Space Stuff, Space Photos

Chandra is celebrating 10 years of operation. Here's a bright beauty from 2006. This is a composite image of N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Chandra X-ray image (blue) shows million-degree gas in the center. Much cooler gas at the outer parts of the remnant is seen in the infrared image from Spitzer (red). While astronomers expected that dust particles were generating most of the infrared emission, the study of this object indicates…

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