
Sagittarius A East Supernova Remnant
Date
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
Additional Information
Sagittarius A East Supernova Remnant
Instrument
FORCAST