SMRTR Science & EngineeringOct 25, 2024Interesting Engineering

Spectacular 3D map of ‘zombie star’ sheds light on historic dandelion supernova

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Astronomers used the Keck Cosmic Web Imager to create a 3D map of filaments from a 1181 supernova, revealing material expanding at 1,000 km/s from a partially surviving white dwarf, resulting in an unusual Type Iax supernova remnant with sulfur-emitting filaments.

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