File:Timeline of Tycho's Supernova Remnant.ogv
Summary
Since much of the material being flung out from the shattered star has been heated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_wave" class="extiw" title="en:Shock wave">shock waves</a> - similar to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom" class="extiw" title="en:Sonic boom">sonic booms</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_aircraft" class="extiw" title="en:Supersonic aircraft">supersonic planes</a> - passing through it, the remnant glows strongly in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray" class="extiw" title="en:X-ray">X-ray</a> light. Astronomers have now used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra</a> observations from 2000 through 2015 to create the longest movie of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1572" class="extiw" title="en:SN 1572">Tycho</a> remnant's X-ray evolution over time, using five different images. This shows the expansion from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova" class="extiw" title="en:Supernova">explosion</a> is still continuing about 450 years later, as seen from Earth's vantage point roughly 10,000 light years away.
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| current | 14:59, 17 January 2017 | 2.3 s, 1,920 × 1,080 (1.59 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Since much of the material being flung out from the shattered star has been heated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_wave" class="extiw" title="en:Shock wave">shock waves</a> - similar to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom" class="extiw" title="en:Sonic boom">sonic booms</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_aircraft" class="extiw" title="en:Supersonic aircraft">supersonic planes</a> - passing through it, the remnant glows strongly in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray" class="extiw" title="en:X-ray">X-ray</a> light. Astronomers have now used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra</a> observations from 2000 through 2015 to create the longest movie of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1572" class="extiw" title="en:SN 1572">Tycho</a> remnant's X-ray evolution over time, using five different images. This shows the expansion from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova" class="extiw" title="en:Supernova">explosion</a> is still continuing about 450 years later, as seen from Earth's vantage point roughly 10,000 light years away. |
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