Supernova SNR B0049-73.6
The details of how massive stars explode remains one of the biggest questions
in astrophysics. Located in the neighboring galaxy of the Small Magellanic
Cloud, this supernova, SNR B0049-73.6, provides astronomers with another
excellent example of such an explosion to study. Chandra observations of the
dynamics and composition of the debris from the explosion support the view that
the explosion was produced by the collapse of the central core of a star. In
this image, X-rays from Chandra (purple) are combined with infrared data from
the 2MASS survey (red, green, and blue).
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Drew Univ/S.Hendrick et al,
Infrared: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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