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An international team of astronomers may have found the remains of a supernova that took place at least 1,700 years ago, close to the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, as per NASA.
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Zhenlin Zhu, Mark Morris, Gabriele Ponti, Ping Zhou, NASA, European Space Agency
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An international team of astronomers may have found the remains of a supernova that took place at least 1,700 years ago, close to the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, as per NASA.
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:25:21 GMT · 4h 29m ago
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Supernovae create heavy elements needed for planets to exist and for life to evolve, scattering these elements across space to fuel new stars and rocky planets.
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This discovery of a supernova remnant near the Milky Way's center provides crucial context for understanding supernovae and the formation of new planetary bodies, contributing to our knowledge of how life-sustaining elements are distributed in the cosmos.
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