Supernova Remnant Ejecta
Date
Supernova remnant dust detected by SOFIA (yellow) survives away from the hottest X-ray gas (purple). The red ellipse outlines the supernova shock wave. The inset shows a magnified image of the dust (orange) and gas emission (cyan).
Credit
NASA/CXO/Herschel/VLA/SOFIA-FORCAST/Lau et al.
Image Number
SCI2015_0002
Additional Information
Supernova Remnant Ejecta
Instrument
FORCAST
