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Young, nearby supernova remnant shows up

Observations of a newly discovered supernova remnant indicate that the explosion from which it arose was the nearest one to Earth during the past 1,500 years.

References:

Aschenbach, B. 1998. Discovery of a young nearby supernova remnant. Nature 396(Nov. 12):141.

Iyudin, A.F., et al. 1998. Emission from ⁴⁴Ti associated with a previously unknown Galactic supernova. Nature 396(Nov. 12):142.

Sources:

Bernd Aschennach
Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik
Postfach 1603
D-85740 Garching
Germany

Anatoli F. Iyudin
Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik
Postfach 1603
D-85740 Garching
Germany

Robert Petre
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics
Mailstop Code 666
Greenbelt, MD 20771

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 20, November 14, 1998, p. 309. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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