September 25, 2011
Spotting a supernova
This image, relased Nov. 15, shows a supernova known as SN 1979C within the galaxy M100. Astronomers say the supernova may contain the youngest known black hole in our cosmic neighborhood. In this composite image, the Chandra X-ray Observatory's view is colored gold. Optical data from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope are shown in red, green and blue. Infrared readings from the Spitzer Space Telescope are shown in red. The supernova is a bright spot just beneath one of the galaxy's spiral arms, near the central lower edge of the image.
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I find it really interesting how galazies form with spiral arms, why not another shape or form such as the arms going straight towards the center rather than wrapping around in a spiral??
ReplyDelete---Demos Sfakianakis 8G
I find it so cool how galaxies are formed like that. I mean it is really just beautifully awesome.
ReplyDeleteAva L P3
How can a new supernova be created?
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