Sagittarius A East Supernova Remnant
Sagittarius A East Supernova Remnant
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SOFIA data reveal warm dust (white) surviving inside a supernova remnant. The SNR Sgr A East cloud is traced in X-rays (blue). Radio emission (red) shows expanding shock waves colliding with surrounding interstellar clouds (green).

Credit
NASA/CXO/Herschel/VLA/SOFIA-FORCAST/Lau et al.
Image Number
SCI2015_0001