Detective astronomers unearth hidden celestial gem
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 04:14
in Astronomy & Space
ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has re-discovered an ignored celestial gem. The object in question is one of the youngest and brightest supernova remnants in the Milky Way, the corpse of a star that exploded around 1000 years ago.
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