Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (IMAGE)

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Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A

Caption

In supernovae, Galactic Cosmic Rays are produced.

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© X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/D. Milisavljevic (Purdue Univ.), I. De Looze (UGent), T. Temim (Princeton Univ.); Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Major, J. Schmidt and K. Arcand

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