White Dwarf Star Exploded Several Hundred Years Ago
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A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to several hundred of years. The remnant is located in the "Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy 160,000 light-years from Earth," according to the Chandra team.

Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
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