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All That Remains of Exploded Star
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All That Remains of Exploded Star

NASA / JPL · 2011-10-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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Infrared images from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer are combined in this image of RCW 86, the dusty remains of the oldest documented example of an exploding star, or supernova.

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Credit lineAll That Remains of Exploded Star. NASA/JPL, 2011-10-24. Public domain. ID: PIA14871.
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