3D simulation of SN1987A (VIDEO)

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This computer model from a paper by Orlando and collaborators shows the remnant in 2017, incorporating data taken by Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton and Japan's Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA).

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INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo/Salvatore Orlando

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