Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy


	Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/16a9436c-d25c-4d20-bfa6-6404e88ef463/5553E455-994D-42C6-8088-8D425D351BE0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/" href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/" style="font-size: 11px;">chandra.harvard.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/">Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/g19.jpg" href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/g19.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">chandra.harvard.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/g19.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/chandra.harvard.edu/img/E9B9EBBD-FDB1-454F-815B-3378C4C5D2A4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/14/youngest-galactic-supernova-not-aliens-found/" href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/14/youngest-galactic-supernova-not-aliens-found/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.badastronomy.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/14/youngest-galactic-supernova-not-aliens-found/">
<P>If you’re wondering what all the <A 
href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/12/no-nasa-hasnt-found-aliens/" 
target=_blank>buzz</A> has been about the past few days over a NASA discovery, 
then wait no longer. No, it’s not aliens or an incoming asteroid. Instead, it’s 
still very cool: <A 
href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/press_051408.html" target=_blank 
modo="false">astronomers have found the youngest supernova in the Milky 
Way</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/14/youngest-galactic-supernova-not-aliens-found/">here’s the photo of the newest galactic family member:</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/press_051408.html" href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/press_051408.html" style="font-size: 11px;">chandra.harvard.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/press_051408.html">
<P><EM>The most recent supernova in our Galaxy has been discovered by tracking 
the rapid expansion of its remains.</EM> This result, using NASA's Chandra X-ray 
Observatory and NRAO's Very Large Array (VLA), has implications for 
understanding how often supernovas explode in the Milky Way galaxy.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/g19_2pan2.jpg" href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/g19_2pan2.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">chandra.harvard.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/g19_2pan2.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/chandra.harvard.edu/img/F2299ED1-1899-4540-AC0F-93B74635120D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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<P>Here are two radio images of the remnant taken 23 years apart:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/14/youngest-galactic-supernova-not-aliens-found/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.badastronomy.com/img/AD64BC78-91F6-4CA8-A016-6E419A867186" alt="Two images of the young supernova remnant showing its expansion" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5553E455-994D-42C6-8088-8D425D351BE0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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