Exploding Star Launched into the Center of the Galaxy

While the depths of space continue to be one of the focal points of the scientific world, a very rare event has been observed recently. Scientists chasing black holes came across a part of a star that had vanished by chance, ‘ejected’ into space.

Oxford University scientists observed the so-called “bow shock nebula” after the star PSR J1914+1054g was destroyed by a supernova. In simple terms, it was radio signals that were thrown into space very quickly when the star exploded.

Rare event seen in space, observed like this:

The trail we see above is that of a very high-velocity pulsar, a neutron star, that leaves behind a bow-shock nebula. Scientists named this nebula “Mini Mouse”.

How is this happening?

Most of the stars come to the end of their life with the depletion of the hydrogen in their body, and they explode because the chemical balance cannot be achieved. After the explosion, the star is replaced by a large nebula, a structure made up of dust and other ionized gas.

But if the supernova explosion happens unevenly, it can result in scenes similar to the one above. The neutron star starts to move at very high speed in the galaxy after the explosion.

The trail we see in the image spans about 40 light-years across the galaxy. The supernova that caused this event is estimated to have occurred 82,000 years ago. It is stated that the star is moving at a speed of 320 to 360 kilometers per second.

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