Detective Astronomers Unearth Hidden Celestial Gem
Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 13:21
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.