See the blue halo around this supernova ? It ’s juicy - shifted because of the Doppler effect , which means it ’s heading straight for us . And the supernova E0102 , in theSmall Magellanic Cloud , is only 190,000 light eld away . duad for impact !
This new trope of E0102 , from the Chandra Observatory , is leading scientists to think the supernova ’s “ ejecta ” is actually piston chamber - shaped , with unlike “ cylinder ” of vigour moving at different speeds — and we ’re just viewing it terminal - on . Here ’s an X - beam simulacrum of E0102 , also from Chandra :
prominent versions of the images are at the linkup . [ Chandra ]
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