# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2n_kusOxXY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10822207-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-28T01:06:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Weekend vibe: Radiating positive energy ⭐⁣⁣
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A closer look at the universe’s most energetic particles – cosmic rays – consisting of mainly of protons that move at the speed of light. Young supernovas have been observed to possess stronger magnetic fields and the highest-energy cosmic rays. When faced with interstellar gas, cosmic rays produce gamma rays. This image shows where these remnants emit radiation that are a billion times more energetic than visible light.⁣⁣
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Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant, has been detected to have extremely bright gamma rays, which are shown here in magenta. The supernova spans about 10 light-years, and is about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. Cas A was created by a massive stellar explosion in our galaxy about 340 years ago.⁣⁣
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Image description: In the background, the darkness of space is sparsely surrounded by bright yellow stars of all sizes. At the center of the image, covering most of the photo, a supernova with blue, yellow, orange, and green gas and dust. At the top right side of the supernova is a magenta blob of bright gamma rays.⁣⁣
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Credits: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration, CXC/SAO/JPL-Caltech/Steward/O. Krause et al., and NRAO/AUI⁣⁣
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#Supernova #Space #NASA #Stars #GammaRays #Universe #CosmicRays

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