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A single still from a video of the Kepler Supernova Remnant is shown here using Chandra data taken in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2014, and 2025. When the data collected over the years is viewed as a timelapse, it makes it the longest-spanning video that Chandra has ever released. It also gives astronomers a remarkable view into the aftermath of a Type Ia supernova, a class of stellar explosion created from the thermonuclear detonation of a white dwarf star that scientists use to measure the expansion of the universe. The supernova was witnessed by German astronomer Johannes Kepler in 1604 A.D.

Supernova Remnant Video From NASA’s Chandra Is Decades in Making

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This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Earlier this year, scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.

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