Youngest Supernova Found In Milky Way Galaxy
May 15, 2008
Boston (dbTechno) - Astronomers have managed to discover the youngest supernova ever in our Mikly Way galaxy.
Astronomers have found the remains of a stellar explosion which took place around 140 years ago.
The supernova is the youngest ever in the Milky Way galaxy. Before this find, the youngest ever was the Cassiopeia A, which was 330-years old.
They believe in total there should be around 60 supernova remains in the galaxy which are less than 2,000 years old, but they have yet to find more than 10 of them. They think that a supernova lights up the sky at least once every century in our galaxy.
The new supernova has been revealed in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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