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November 2, 2008
This is a cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star.
Paul Mortfield and Stephano Cancelli
It is another example of how the new generation of ground- and space-based telescopes has created an explosion of images for us to explore. I notice that The Smithsonian has joined the joined Flickr community and is posting images from the he Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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