COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection
Record
Name:
Chandra X-ray Image of Puppis A
Description:
Chandra's three-color image of a region of Puppis A reveals a cloud being torn apart by a shockwave produced by a supernova explosion. This is the first X-ray detection of such a process in an advanced phase. The blue vertical bar and the blue fuzzy ball or cap to the right show how the cloud has been spread out into an oval-shaped structure that is almost empty in the center. Understanding how shock waves interact with clouds is important for answering key questions such as the role supernovas play in heating interstellar gas and triggering the collapse of large interstellar clouds to form new generations of stars. (Credit: NASA/CXC/GSFC/U.Hwang et al.)
facet_what:
Puppis
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
UID:
SPD-CHAND-photo/2006/puppisa/puppisa_xray.tif
