Sunday 15 July 2012
SUPERNOVA REMNANT
A supernova occurs when a high-mass star reaches the end of its life. When nuclear fusion
in the core of the star stops, the star collapses. The gas falling
inward either rebounds or gets so strongly heated that it expands
outwards from the core, thus causing the star to explode. The expanding shell of gas forms a supernova remnant, a special diffuse nebula. Although much of the optical and X-ray emission from supernova remnants originates from ionized gas, a great amount of the radio emission is a form of non-thermal emission called synchrotron emission. This emission originates from high-velocity electrons oscillating within magnetic fields.
#credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula
#credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula
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