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Description	Exploded Star Blooms Like a Cosmic Flower http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/exploded-star-blooms-like-flower-photo.html G299 was left over by a particular class of supernovas called Type Ia. Astronomers think that a Type Ia supernova is a thermonuclear explosion – involving the fusion of elements and release of vast amounts of energy − of a white dwarf star in a tight orbit with a companion star. If the white dwarf’s partner is a typical, Sun-like star, the white dwarf can become unstable and explode as it draws material from its companion. Alternatively, the white dwarf is in orbit with another white dwarf, the two may merge and can trigger an explosion.
Date	26 August 2014, 12:26:13
Source	http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/g299.jpg
Author	NASA/CXC/U.Texas

Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
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Vertical resolution	300 dpi
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File change date and time	13:19, 11 February 2015
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Date and time of digitizing	12:26, 26 August 2014
Date metadata was last modified	07:19, 11 February 2015
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Unique ID of original document	B11B32D748E4F83815DAEA398A5416A7
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Contact information	[email protected] http://chandra.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA 617.496.7941
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