03 September, 2006

"Cassiopeia"


Yahoo! Photos again...
I thought this one was really cool.
In other planetary news (or not) Pluto has lost its planetary status; it's now technically an "icy dwarf." My brother blogged on this. Click here for more.
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From Yahoo! News:
This photo, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and released 29 August 2006, provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). Astronomers say they have recorded a supernova in real time: the death explosion of a massive star that is typically only ever spotted days after the blast.(AFP/NASA/File)

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