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A Supernova in Motion
In 1604, astronomers first caught sight of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, a massive explosion some 17,000 light-years away. Twenty-five years of observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory went into making this timelapse, which shows the supernova remnant‘s material pushing into the surrounding gas and dust.
In its fastest regions, the supernova remnant is moving around 2% of the speed of light–some 22 million kilometers per hour. Slower parts of the remnant are moving at just 0.5% of light-speed. (Image credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/Pan-STARRS; via Gizmodo)
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