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Cassiopeia A: Death Becomes Her

NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC/SAO
Animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Ariz./STScI/CXC/SAO
2005-06-10

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This false-color image from three of NASA Great Observatories provides one example of a star that died in a fiery supernova blast. Called Cassiopeia A, this supernova remnant is located 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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  • Title: Cassiopeia A: Death Becomes Her
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC/SAO<br /> Animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Ariz./STScI/CXC/SAO
  • Date Created: 2005-06-10
  • Rights: JPL

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