Using data obtained through the Chandra X-ray Observatory, owned by NASA's aerospace agency, scientists were able to study the nearby supernova SNR B0049-73.6. Research has helped to learn more not only about this object, but also filled up a piggy bank of knowledge in general about objects of this class, which appeared in the Universe many millions of years ago.
The supernova SNR B0049-73.6 is located about 200 thousand light years from us in the Small Magellanic Cloud - the nearest neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy. The mass of the Small Magellanic Cloud is only 7 billion masses of our Sun, and the radius is only about 7 thousand light years. The object is tiny, compared to the Milky Way radius of 120 thousand light years.
A complete theory of supernovae does not yet exist, but astrophysicists believe that supernovae are formed when the cores of stars are no longer able to support the process of nuclear fusion. When this happens, the star’s core explodes and releases a gigantic amount of matter and energy into the surrounding space of space. And interestingly, thanks to recent observations, this hypothesis has been confirmed. In addition, scientists have collected data at a wavelength of 2 microns (in red, green and blue).
The waves of light that the Chandra Observatory saw are painted on the image in purple.
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