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A gargantuan supernova remnant looks 40 times as big as the full moon

From Earth’s perspective, it’s the largest cloud of debris ever seen from an exploded star

pink streaks from the Antlia supernova remnant with galaxies in the background

Filaments of the enormous Antlia supernova remnant (magenta) drape in front of a distant cluster of galaxies in the same constellation.

Rolf Olsen

By Ken Croswell

- More than 2 years ago

A cloud of expanding gas in space is the largest supernova remnant ever seen in the sky, a new study confirms.