X-rays from Supernova Remnant SN 1006Image Credit:
+NASA/CXC/P. Frank Winkler (Middlebury College)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130423.htmlWhat looks like a puff-ball is surely the remains of the brightest supernova in recorded human history. In 1006 AD, it was recorded as lighting up the nighttime skies above areas now known as China, Egypt, Iraq, Italy, Japan, and Switzerland. The expanding debris cloud from the stellar explosion, found in the southerly constellation the Wolf (Lupus), still puts ...
...and 22 more photos.
No comments:
Post a Comment