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Brett Tingley

New portrait of the oldest-known supernova | Space photo of the day for March 27, 2026

A new image of a supernova designated RCW 86 taken by NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) observatory. (Image credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE:NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt)

A NASA X-ray telescope has captured a breathtaking portrait of a supernova remnant, revealing unseen features of the exploded star.

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