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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

Breaking Free From a Cosmic Cocoon

In movies, heroes and villains are thrown forward after an explosion. This is because an powerful wave of energy, called a shock wave, is released. In space, the same thing happens when a star explodes in what is called a supernova explosion.

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X-ray: NASA/CXC/Royal Military College of Canada/P.Chandra et al); Optical: NASA/STScI 

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