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Remains of the Supernova of Vails - The Vela supernova remnant: Nearly 12,000 years ago,...

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Remains of the Supernova of Vails - The Vela supernova remnant: Nearly 12,000 years ago, a massive star exploded in the constellation of Vails. The star reaches the end of life and expels its material to become a small star only a few kilometres in diameter. This stellar corpse is a neutron star, the pulsar of Voiles, barely visible in the image. The gas shell that surrounds it today extends over more than 100 light years. Mosaic of 117 images - Approximately 11,000 to 12,000 years ago a massive star exploded in the southern constellation of Vela. The matter ejected by the supernova scattered the contents of the star into the surrounding interstellar medium creating shock fronts of multimillion degree gas and high energy particles. The heated matter produces brilliant visible light as well as radio and x-ray emission which will continue for thousands of years until the entire remnant of the dying star completely dissipates into space. Supernovas enrich the surrounding interstellar medium with heavier elements like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, and iron which can only be created by the intense heat within the nuclear furnaces of stars. Supernovas play a significant role in the dynamics and ecology of galaxies as the expanding shock fronts trigger the collapse of nearby molecular clouds which then leads to the birth of new generations of stars. Supernovas are essential to the establishment of life as several of the critical heavier elements found within living organisms can only be formed or disbursed by the violent destruction of massive stars. 117 Frame Mosaic Image
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Remains of the Supernova of Vails - The Vela supernova remnant: Nearly 12,000 years ago, a massive star exploded in the constellation of Vails. The star reaches the end of life and expels its material to become a small star only a few kilometres in diameter. This stellar corpse is a neutron star, the pulsar of Voiles, barely visible in the image. The gas shell that surrounds it today extends over more than 100 light years. Mosaic of 117 images - Approximately 11,000 to 12,000 years ago a massive star exploded in the southern constellation of Vela. The matter ejected by the supernova scattered the contents of the star into the surrounding interstellar medium creating shock fronts of multimillion degree gas and high energy particles. The heated matter produces brilliant visible light as well as radio and x-ray emission which will continue for thousands of years until the entire remnant of the dying star completely dissipates into space. Supernovas enrich the surrounding interstellar medium with heavier elements like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, and iron which can only be created by the intense heat within the nuclear furnaces of stars. Supernovas play a significant role in the dynamics and ecology of galaxies as the expanding shock fronts trigger the collapse of nearby molecular clouds which then leads to the birth of new generations of stars. Supernovas are essential to the establishment of life as several of the critical heavier elements found within living organisms can only be formed or disbursed by the violent destruction of massive stars. 117 Frame Mosaic Image

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astronomy / pencil / star / astronomy / blow / supernova / pulsar / 2015 / vela / star / evolution / Novapix / astronomy / South Hemisphere / southern hemisphere / NGC 2736 / Rcw 36

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