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Keywords: shock wave, supernova remnant
![Остаток сверхновой N132D в видимом свете и рентгеновских лучах](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/25/0001208957/n132d_heritage.preview.jpg)
25.10.2005
Thousands of years after a star exploded, its expanding remnant still glows brightly across the spectrum. Such is the case with N132D, a supernova remnant located in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy. The expanding shell from this explosion now spans 80 light-years and has swept up about 600 Suns worth of mass.
![Остаток вспышки сверхновой в Парусах в рентгеновских лучах](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/04/0001193635/vela_rosat_big.preview.gif)
12.06.1996
What happens when a star explodes? A huge fireball of hot gas shoots out in all directions. When this gas slams into the existing interstellar medium, it heats up so much it glows in X-rays.
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