NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants

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1. 9h ago

   Fermi Mission Identifies Potential Sibling Supernova Remnants

   NASA's Fermi mission found two supernova remnants in the Gemini constellation. These stellar wrecks likely originated from a binary system of stars that orbited each other.

   What's confirmed:

   • The Fermi mission identified two supernova remnants in Gemini.
   • The explosions likely came from stellar siblings that orbited each other.
   confidence 100%
2. 2d ago

   NASA Fermi Mission Finds Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants

   Researchers identified two supernova remnants in the Gemini constellation that likely came from stars in a binary system. The Jellyfish Nebula and G189.6+3.3 are the first known case of such a pair leaving individually detectable remnants. The discovery used 16 years of data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

   What's confirmed:

   • The Jellyfish Nebula and G189.6+3.3 are supernova remnants located in the constellation Gemini.
   • The study used 16 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
   • The findings were presented on June 18 at the 248th meeting of the American Astronomical Society by Stanford University researcher Miltiadis Michailidis.
   • A paper on these results will be published in Nature Communications.
   • The first star's explosion sent its binary companion through space before that star also exploded thousands of years later.
   confidence 100%