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Star graveyard revealed in super-clear image of the Milky Way

Detailed radio observations turn up previously unseen remnants of dying stars in the Galaxy.
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  1. Jonathan O'Callaghan
Multicoloured images of supernova remnants in the Miky Way.

The image shows five previously hidden supernova remnants. The colours represent heat, with purple denoting the coolest regions, followed by blue, green and red, with white highlighting the hottest parts. Credit: R. Kothes (NRC) and the PEGASUS team

Astronomers have discovered the remains of nearly two dozen exploding stars in the Milky Way, thanks to detailed radio observations that could unveil many more such events in the Galaxy.

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Nature 613, 625 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00110-4

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  • Correction 20 January 2023: An earlier version of this story misstated the location of Roland Kothes.

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