Fossil Fireball in the Supernova Remnant W49B (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Fossil Fireball in the Supernova Remnant W49B

Caption

In the supernova remnant W49B, Suzaku found another fossil fireball. It detected X-rays produced when heavily ionized iron atoms recapture an electron. This view combines infrared images from the ground (red, green) with X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory (blue).

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JAXA/NASA/Suzaku, Tom Bash and John Fox/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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