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XRISM’s Xtend imager collected this snapshot of supernova remnant N132D. The expanding wreckage is estimated to be about 3,000 years old and was created when a star roughly 15 times the Sun’s mass ran out of fuel, collapsed, and exploded.

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English: XRISM’s Xtend imager collected this snapshot of supernova remnant N132D. The expanding wreckage is estimated to be about 3,000 years old and was created when a star roughly 15 times the Sun’s mass ran out of fuel, collapsed, and exploded. At its widest, N132D is about 75 light-years across. Credit: JAXA/NASA/XRISM Xtend
Date 5 January 2024, 13:50:00 (upload date)
Source XRISM Reveals Its First Look at X-ray Cosmos
Author NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Francis Reddy, Jeanette Kazmierczak, Scott Wiessinger, Sophia Roberts
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Astrophysics; Galaxy Cluster; Supernova; XRISM; X-ray; Ast; First Light

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