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© NASA/CXC/A. HobartSupernova Remnant G352.7-0.1
A supernova remnant called G352.7-0.1 has swept away about 45 times the Sun's mass worth of material during its expansion. This is an unusual occurrence, leading researchers to believe that remnant interacted with a massive amount of dense material. A Chandra X-ray telescope study of the remnant (that is about 24,000 lights years from Earth) was used to make the find.

This may indicate that a special type of stellar evolution has occurred, involving a giant star that ran into unusually dense material before exploding to form a supernova remnant. This supernova - G352.7-0.1 -- has other interesting traits that scientists are still looking to explain. G352.7-0.1 is found in the Milky Way galaxy.


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