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More Images: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Historic Tycho Supernova
X-ray & Optical Images of Tycho's Supernova Remnant
Credit: X-ray (IXPE: NASA/ASI/MSFC/INAF/R. Ferrazzoli, et al.), (Chandra: NASA/CXC/RIKEN & GSFC/T. Sato et al.) Optical: DSS
Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, L. Frattare & N. Wolk

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In these images of the Tycho supernova remnant, data from IXPE are shown with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, and optical data by the Digitized Sky Survey. The Tycho supernova is classified as a Type Ia. This violent explosion occurs when a white dwarf star in a binary system pulls material off its companion star until it reaches a mass limit, or when two white dwarfs merge. The obliteration of the white dwarf sends debris hurtling into space at tremendous speeds.



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