This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the scattered remains of an exploded star named Cassiopeia A. Spitzer infrared detectors picked through these remains and found that much of the star original layering had been preserved.
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Title: Lighting up a Dead Star Layers
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date Created: 2006-10-26
Rights: JPL
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