Echoes of a Stellar Ending

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA2012-03-14

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Listed as Cassiopeia A, this remnant of the supernova is one of the brightest radio sources in the known universe. More recently, NASA WISE telescope detected infrared echoes of the flash of light rippling outwards from the supernova.

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Title: Echoes of a Stellar Ending
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2012-03-14
Rights: JPL

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