A composite image of the remains of a young supernova, approximately 26,000 light years away in the constellation Centaurus. Emissions are represented in blue from X-rays, red and cyan from infrared and purple from radio. The remnant, about 150 light years across, is a hot cloud of iron, neon, silicon and sulfur, among other elements. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Michigan/M. Reynolds et al; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The remnants of a…
