Tag Archive for 'Supernova remnant'

This image, taken by the OmegaCAM camera at ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, shows a spectacular view of the orange and pink clouds that make up the Vela SNR. OmegaCAM can take images through several filters that let through light of different colors. In this particular image of the Vela SNR, four different filters were used, represented here by a combination of magenta, blue, green and red. Image credit: ESO / VPHAS+ Team / Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit.

OmegaCAM Snaps Beautiful Image of Vela Supernova Remnant

Nov 1, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the 268-million-pixel OmegaCAM instrument on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope have captured a detailed image of the Vela supernova remnant,...

This composite image shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a structure resulting from the explosion of a star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The blues represent data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the turquoise is from IXPE, and the gold is courtesy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA / CXC / SAO / NASA / MSFC / Vink et al. / STScI.

IXPE Maps Polarized X-Rays from Cassiopeia A

Oct 18, 2022 by News Staff

Cassiopeia A is a remnant that blew up as a supernova approximately 11,000 years ago. This composite image shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a...

This composite image shows SNR 0519-69.0, a Type Ia supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud: X-ray data from Chandra with low, medium and high energies are shown in green, blue, and purple respectively, with some of these colors overlapping to appear white; optical data from Hubble shows the perimeter of the remnant in red and stars around the remnant in white. Image credit: NASA / CXC / GSFC / Williams et al. / STScI.

Astronomers Determine Age of Supernova Remnant in Large Magellanic Cloud

Sep 14, 2022 by News Staff

Light from a Type Ia supernova explosion that created the supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky...

In this multiwavelength view, radio emission from SNR G106.3+2.7 is blue and green, while yellow, orange, and red reveal radio waves from a vast cloud of interstellar gas; at center, the pink region shows where protons boosted by the supernova’s shock wave strike the gas, emitting a tell-tale glow of gamma rays. Image credit: Jayanne English, University of Manitoba / NASA / Fermi / Fang et al. / Canadian Galactic Plane Survey / DRAO / FCRAO.

Supernova Remnants are Sources of Extreme PeVatron Particles: Study

Aug 10, 2022 by News Staff

SNR G106.3+2.7, a supernova remnant located about 2,600 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus, is producing protons with energies 10 times greater...

Multi-wavelength image of Westerhout 50 (red - radio, green - optical, yellow - soft X-rays, magenta - medium energy X-rays, cyan - hard X-ray emission). The eastern lobe X-ray image highlights the XMM-Newton data (with the brightening at the edge of the field of view cropped here to highlight the source emission). The western lobe X-ray image shows only partial Chandra coverage of part of the nebula. Image credit: Safi-Harb et al., arXiv: 2207.00573.

Astronomers Find Evidence for Unusual Particle Acceleration in Manatee Nebula

Jul 5, 2022 by Sergio Prostak

Using ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and its Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have...

This Hubble image shows DEM L 249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Mensa. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Y. Chu.

Hubble Spots Tattered Remnant of Ancient Supernova in Large Magellanic Cloud

May 9, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of a supernova remnant called DEM L 249. This Hubble image shows DEM L 249, a remnant...

The position of J0624-6948 (small object at the center of the purple ring indicated by *) is indicated with respect to the Milky Way’s Galactic plane, the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. Image credit: Axel Mellinger, Central Michigan University.

ASKAP Finds Rogue Supernova Remnant near Large Magellanic Cloud

Mar 30, 2022 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) have spotted a mysterious circular ring between the Milky Way’s plane and...

This IXPE image maps the intensity of X-rays coming from Cassiopeia A; colors ranging from cool purple and blue to red and hot white correspond with the increasing brightness of the X-rays; the image was created using X-ray data collected by IXPE between January 11 and 18, 2022. Image credit: NASA / ASI / IXPE.

IXPE Space Observatory Collects Its First Imaging Data

Feb 15, 2022 by News Staff

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), an international collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), has captured an image of...

This Hubble image shows DEM L249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova located some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Mensa. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Y. Chou, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Observes Distant Remnant of Type Ia Supernova

Nov 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shot this image of the supernova remnant DEM L249. This Hubble image shows DEM L249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova...

This Hubble image shows N44, an emission nebula located 170,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Ksoll et al. / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Spots Beautiful Emission Nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud

Nov 4, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a high-resolution photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of an emission nebula called N44. This Hubble image shows N44, an...

This composite image shows SNR G344.7-0.1 through the eyes of different telescopes: X-rays from Chandra (blue) have been combined with infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (yellow and green) as well as radio data from the NSF’s Very Large Array and CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (red). Image credit: NASA / CXC / Tokyo University of Science / Fukushima et al. / JPL / Spitzer / CSIRO / ATNF / ATCA.

Chandra Observes Distant Remnant of Type Ia Supernova

Oct 14, 2021 by News Staff

The Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) G344.7-0.1 resides about 19,600 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. This composite image shows SNR G344.7-0.1...

(a) WISE false color image of the Pa 30 nebula where blue and green stand for 11 μm emission, and red for 22 μm; (b) in this false color image, where green stands for WISE 11 μm (as in the left panel) and red for WISE 22 μm (adjusted to show extended emission), the emission from the central star is highlighted in blue from the GALEX near-UV data, while the XMM-Newton contors show that the majority of the X-ray emission originates from the core of the nebula; a background point source is seen westward of the CS in the XMM-Newton contour map; (c) the 2.1 m KPNO image; the green cross in the center of the image marks the location of the CS; panels (a)-(c) are reproduced at the same angular scale and orientation; at the Gaia distance of Pa 30 of 2,300 parsecs, an angular scale of 45'' translates to about 100,000 AU. Image credit: Ritter et al., doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac2253.

Astronomers Identify Remnant of Historical Supernova SN 1181

Sep 20, 2021 by News Staff

New research led by University of Hong Kong astronomers shows that a fast expanding nebula called Pa 30 surrounding the hot Wolf-Rayet star IRAS 00500+6713...

This image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the supernova remnant MSH 15-52. Image credit: NASA / SAO / NCSU / Borkowski et al.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Watches Fast Blast Wave from Exploded Star

Jun 25, 2021 by News Staff

A stellar structure known as the ‘Hand of God’ is a nebula of energy and particles blown by a pulsar left behind after a star exploded in our Milky...

The SCORPIO field. Image credit: Umana et al.

ASKAP Detects Compact Radio Sources in Milky Way’s Galactic Plane

May 31, 2021 by News Staff

A team of radio astronomers using CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) has mapped the entire area of the Stellar Continuum Originating from Radio...

An artist’s impression of a pulsar. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

FAST Radio Telescope Discovers 201 New Pulsars

May 20, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) have discovered 201 pulsars, including currently the faintest pulsars...

This composite image, taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A; the different colors represent elements detected by Chandra: iron (orange), oxygen (purple), and the amount of silicon compared to magnesium (green); titanium (light blue) detected previously by NASA’s NuSTAR telescope is shown, but not the different type of titanium found by Chandra. Image credit: NASA / CXC / RIKEN / Sato et al. / NuSTAR.

Chandra Detects Stable Isotope of Titanium in Cassiopeia A

Apr 28, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected stable titanium, along with chromium and iron, blasting out from the center of the supernova...

This Hubble image shows a small portion of the Veil Nebula, which is located 2,400 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Z. Levay.

Hubble Team Releases Reprocessed Image of Veil Nebula

Mar 29, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A small portion of the Veil Nebula, which is part of a supernova remnant called the Cygnus Loop, was featured in previous Hubble photos, but now new processing...

This image from the SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey shows SNR Hoinga (marked); the large bright source in the lower quadrant of the image is from SNR Vela; the image colors are correlated with the energies of the detected X-ray photons; red represents the 0.3-0.6 keV energy range, green 0.6-1.0 keV and blue 1.0-2.3 keV. Image credit: SRG / eROSITA / Becker et al., doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202040156.

eROSITA X-Ray Telescope Spots Enormous Supernova Remnant

Mar 5, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using data from the eROSITA X-ray telescope aboard the Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) observatory have detected the largest supernova remnant...

SN 1987A: the panel on the left contains a 3D computer simulation, based on Chandra data, of the supernova debris from SN 1987A crashing into a surrounding ring of material; the artist’s illustration (right panel) depicts a so-called pulsar wind nebula, a web of particles and energy blown away from a pulsar, which is a rotating, highly magnetized neutron star. Image credit: NASA / Chandra / CXC / University di Palermo / E. Greco / INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo / Salvatore Orlando.

Astronomers Finally Find Neutron Star in Famous Supernova Remnant

Feb 26, 2021 by News Staff

Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) was first observed on February 23, 1987 in a nearby dwarf galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, some 164,000 light-years away....

3D reconstruction of the Crab Nebula remnant as seen from Earth (left), and from another point of view showing its heart-shaped morphology (right). Image credit: Martin et al., doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa4046.

Crab Nebula Has ‘Honeycomb Heart,’ Astronomers Say

Feb 18, 2021 by News Staff

New images captured by the SITELLE instrument on the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope (CFHT) in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, reveal an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement...

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