{"id":10804,"date":"2026-06-17T13:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/?p=10804"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:47:54","slug":"the-solar-systems-breath-in-x-rays-led-by-max-planck-the-study-published-in-science-media-inaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/the-solar-systems-breath-in-x-rays-led-by-max-planck-the-study-published-in-science-media-inaf\/","title":{"rendered":"A supernova remnant in the heart of the Milky Way \u2013 Media Inaf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 15, 2026 \u2013 NASA&#8217;s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA&#8217;s XMM-Newton have identified a patch of X-ray emission that could be the remnant of a star that exploded as a supernova, approximately 26,000 light-years away. If confirmed, it would be one of the closest supernova remnants to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Our astrophysicist Gabriele Ponti of the INAF Brera Institute also contributed to the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.inaf.it\/2026\/06\/15\/rsn-nel-cuore-della-via-lattea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full story on Media Inaf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png\" alt=\"L\u2019immagine composita include raggi X raccolti da Chandra e Xmm-Newton (blu) e dati radio dal telescopio MeerKat (rosso) in Sudafrica, combinati con un\u2019immagine ottica dai telescopi Pan-Starrs alle Hawaii (rosso, verde e blu). Crediti: Chandra, Xmm, MeerKat\" class=\"wp-image-10806\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The composite image includes X-rays collected by Chandra and XMM-Newton (blue) and radio data from the MeerKat telescope (red) in South Africa, combined with an optical image from the Pan-STARRS telescopes in Hawaii (red, green, and blue). Credits: Chandra, XMM, MeerKat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 15, 2026 \u2013 NASA&#8217;s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA&#8217;s XMM-Newton have identified a patch of X-ray emission that could be the remnant of a star that exploded as a supernova, approximately 26,000 light-years away. If confirmed, it would be one of the closest supernova remnants to the supermassive black hole at the center of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[740,338,743,742],"class_list":["post-10804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-scientific-news","tag-chandra-telescope","tag-gabriele-ponti","tag-supernova-2","tag-xmm-newton-telescope"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png",642,558,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png",150,130,false],"medium":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png",300,261,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png",642,558,false],"large":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png",642,558,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png",642,558,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/supernova-galassia-ponti.png",642,558,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>June 15, 2026 \u2013 NASA&#8217;s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA&#8217;s XMM-Newton have identified a patch of X-ray emission that could be the remnant of a star that exploded as a supernova, approximately 26,000 light-years away. If confirmed, it would be one of the closest supernova remnants to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Our astrophysicist Gabriele Ponti of the INAF Brera Institute also contributed to the study. Read the full story on Media Inaf The composite image includes X-rays collected by Chandra and XMM-Newton (blue) and radio data from the MeerKat telescope (red) in South&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/category\/news-en\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/category\/news-en\/scientific-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Scientific news<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Maria Rosa Panzera","url":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/author\/maria-rosa-panzera\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10810,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804\/revisions\/10810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}