- Original Caption Released with Image:
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Annotated Version
The Cassiopeia A supernova's first flash of radiation makes six clumps of
dust (circled in annotated version) unusually hot. The supernova remnant is the
large white ball in the center. This infrared picture was taken by NASA's
Spitzer Space Telescope.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/E. Dwek and R. Arendt
Image Addition Date:
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2008-10-01
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