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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

A Study in Supernovae

Like the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, astronomers have to be good at solving puzzles by piecing together clues and evidence. When scientists at the Chandra X-ray Observatory noticed the strange, distorted shape of this supernova remnant, they knew something unusual had taken place. After scouring through their data and disproving all other possibilities, astronomers realised they had uncovered a dark secret lurking within this picture — a young black hole!

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X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/L.Lopez et al.; Infrared: Palomar; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA

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