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Supersonic Shock Wave Heats Gas Ring Around Supernova 1987A (SN1987A)

Supersonic Shock Wave Heats Gas Ring Around Supernova 1987A (SN1987A)

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Credit: NASA, P. Challis, R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and B. Sugerman (STScI)

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