Showing posts with label Fast Gas Bullet from Cosmic Blast N49. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fast Gas Bullet from Cosmic Blast N49. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Fast Gas Bullet from Cosmic Blast N49


What is that strange blue blob on the far right? No one is sure, but it might be a speeding remnant of a powerful supernova that was unexpectedly lopsided. Scattered debris from supernova explosion N49 lights up the sky in this gorgeous composited image based on data from the Chandra and Hubble Space Telescopes. Glowing visible filaments, shown in yellow, and X-ray hot gas, shown in blue,