Seeing the Cygnus Loop in a NewWay
X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: John Stone (Astrobin); Image Processing: NASA/SAO/CXC/L. Frattre, N. Wolk The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Veil Nebula, is a supernova remnant – the remains of theexplosive death of a massive star. Studying images like these leads to discovery, but NASA’sChandra X-ray Observatory provides another way to experience this data: three-dimensional (3D)models…