X-rays discovered from young supernova remnant
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) -- Over fifty years ago, a supernova was discovered in M83, a spiral galaxy about 15 million light years from Earth. Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make the first detection of X-rays emitted by the debris from this explosion.