Molecules in SN 1987A (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Molecules in SN 1987A

Caption

Remnant of Supernova 1987A as seen by ALMA. Purple area indicates emission from SiO molecules. Yellow area is emission from CO molecules. The blue ring is Hubble data that has been artificially expanded into 3-D.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); R. Indebetouw; NASA/ESA Hubble

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