... M82 is a mere 12 million light-years away (so the supernova explosion did happen 12 million years ago, that light just now reaching Earth), making supernova SN 2014J one of the closest to be seen in recent decades. ...
... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: shock - Vela - supernova remnant - supernova . ... Publications with words: shock - Vela - supernova remnant - supernova . See also: . Vela Supernova Remnant . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . APOD: 2003 June 9 ь The Pencil Nebula Supernova Shockwave . << Yesterday . 9.06.2003 . ... David Malin Images ), NASA Explanation: At 500,000 kilometers per hour, a supernova shockwave plows through interstellar space ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Shocked by Supernova 1987a . << Yesterday . 17.02.1998 . Tomorrow >> . ... Garnavich ( Harvard CfA), WFPC2 , HST , NASA Explanation: Eleven years ago the brightest supernova of modern times was recorded ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . SN 1006: Supernova Remnant in X Rays . << Yesterday . 26.12.2005 . Tomorrow >> . ... The resulting expanding gas from the supernova is still visible with telescopes today, continues to expand, and now spans over ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . SN 1006: Supernova Remnant in X Rays . << Yesterday . 26.12.2005 . Tomorrow >> . ... The resulting expanding gas from the supernova is still visible with telescopes today, continues to expand, and now spans over ...
... Credit Copyright: Davide De Martin ( Skyfactory ) Explanation: It's easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147. ...
... At the northwestern edge of the constellation Vela (the Sails) the telescopic frame is over 10 degrees wide, centered on the brightest glowing filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant , an expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. ...