{"id":7271,"date":"2025-07-02T17:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2025-07-02T17:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:50:31","slug":"astronomers-capture-most-detailed-thousand-colour-image-of-a-galaxy-eso-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/astronomers-capture-most-detailed-thousand-colour-image-of-a-galaxy-eso-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Double detonation: new image shows remains of star destroyed by pair of explosions – ESO Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (ESO\u2019s VLT), they have found patterns that confirm its star suffered a pair of explosive blasts. Published today, this discovery shows some of the most important explosions in the Universe in a new light \u2013 Read the full story on ESO Press Release<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The data were captured with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument at the VLT. MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. These two layers indicate that the now-dead star exploded with a double-detonation – Credit: ESO\/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (ESO\u2019s VLT), they have found patterns that confirm its star suffered a pair of explosive blasts. Published today, this discovery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[390,601,600,365],"class_list":["post-7271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-scientific-news","tag-eso-2","tag-snr-0509-67-5-2","tag-supernova-remnant","tag-vlt"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eso2511a-ENG.jpg",1280,853,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eso2511a-ENG.jpg",150,100,false],"medium":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eso2511a-ENG.jpg",300,200,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eso2511a-ENG.jpg",768,512,false],"large":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eso2511a-ENG.jpg",1024,682,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eso2511a-ENG.jpg",1280,853,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eso2511a-ENG.jpg",1280,853,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (ESO\u2019s VLT), they have found patterns that confirm its star suffered a pair of explosive blasts. Published today, this discovery shows some of the most important explosions in the Universe in a new light \u2013 Read the full story on ESO Press Release The data were captured with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument at the VLT. MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of…<\/p>\n","category_list":"News<\/a>, 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\/7271","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=7271"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7282,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271\/revisions\/7282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}