Ghosts of Supernovae
(Courtesy of the COMPTEL Collaboration)
This is a map of material spread across our Milky Way galaxy by various
supernova explosions. The Compton Observatory
produced it by mapping the gamma rays emitted from radioactive aluminum,
a substance produced during the explosions.
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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