NASA reveals ancient supernova

Posted By ~ 11th December 2011

Anybody living on the Earth about 3700 years ago could have seen in the night sky a really bright star. However it slowly lost its brightness and it was ultimately forgotten as time passed by. But modern day astronomers managed to discover it’s left overs which can still be traceable using our best available technologies. On the picture taken by the NASA telescope the remains of this supernova can bee seen with the naked eye in the from of a red dust cloud lingering into outer space. The color red is due to the fact that the shock waves following the initial star explosion are heating up cosmic dust particles which end up glowing in a bright red color. Most of the material resulted from the supernova explosion was scattered into space and will most probably contribute to the forming of future solar systems. However, parts of the debris have clung together in what is known as a neutron start, which is too faint to be seen in the image. However, scientists have manage to detecti it and they’ve discovered that it’s moving which a much greater speed that any neutron star detected by now and consequently they have named it the  ”Cosmic Cannonball.” In the same pictures one can observe the remains of yet another supernova, which exploded around 12000 years ago. It is represented by the green dust cloud. This second supernova was 4 times closer to the Earth so it was much brighter in the night sky. Such kind of events could have been perceived as magical by the people living in those times, thus giving birth to legends and myths such as the star that showed the way of the 3 Mags to baby Jesus.