Aussie astronomers find 'baby' supernova


	Aussie astronomers find 'baby' supernova
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6-12-2008 2:27 AM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="byline"><SPAN class="date">Thursday, 12 June 2008</SPAN> Darren Osborne<BR /><SPAN class="author">ABC</SPAN></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.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first">An object thought to a faraway galaxy is actually the youngest and brightest supernova remnant in the Milky Way, according to a new study.</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.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/02D54642-2CF0-46AA-A4AC-6FE2A41317E2" alt="xmm newton telescope" /></div></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.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The team led, by Dr Bryan Gaensler from the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.usyd.edu.au/">University of Sydney</A>, published their findings in the latest edition of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/WEBSITE"><EM>The Astrophysical Journal Letters</EM></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.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The object, known as G350.1-0.3, was first discovered in the 1980s, but its irregular shape led astronomers to believe it was a background galaxy.</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.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The team used data from the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.esa.int/">European Space Agency</A>'s orbiting x-ray observatory <A target="_blank" href="http://sci.esa.int/xmm/">XMM-Newton</A> to analyse the object.</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.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>When they examined G350.1-0.3 they concluded it is an irregularly-shaped supernova remnant.</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.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/12/2272765.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>To explain its shape, the team looked at radio surveys and discovered that G350.1-0.3 had exploded next to a dense cloud of gas about 15,000 light years from earth. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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