Scientists using the XMM-Newton space telescope found mysterious light sources on the outskirts of the next galaxy. It turned out that these are two previously unknown supernova residues, which are where they were not expected to detect. The study is published in the journal Astronomy \u0026 Astrophysics, writes Space.

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When a massive star dies, it can explode supernova. This is an extremely bright and powerful explosion. A shock wave caused by an explosion creates an object on the site of a deceased star, known as the rest of the supernova, consisting of the matter of the disappeared star.

Supernovovs are of great importance for the cycle of matter in galaxies, as well as for creating new stars. When the supernova explosion occurs, the cosmos is filled with chemical elements created in the nucleus of the star, as well as during the explosion. These chemical elements become the basis for new stars.

Two previously unknown supranova residues were discovered on the outskirts of the galaxy-satellite of the Milky Way called the Big Magellanic Cloud. This is one of the largest galaxies that rotate around the Milky Way, and also this is one of the few neighboring galaxies where new stars are actively formed.

In the image below, two remains of supernova, called J0624-6948 and J0614-7251 are shown as an orange and blue circle, respectively, in the lower left corner of the picture. Also on the image of the galaxy, the large Magellanic cloud with yellow crosses marked the already well -known remnants of the supernova. As shown in the picture, new objects are much further from the main concentration of supernova residues in a neighboring galaxy.

In order for the rest of the supernova, the dying star must be surrounded by a large amount of ionized gas. Gas ionizes with their radiation hot newborn stars. This is possible when a dying star is in a dense region of the formation of new stars, and not on the outskirts of the galaxy.

Therefore, astronomers are surprised that they discovered two previously unknown supernova residues in the main part of the galaxy of a large Magellanic cloud.

The authors of the study believe that a neighboring galaxy is probably filled with a large amount of ionized gas than expected. This can explain the existence of supernova residues in an unexpected place.

Perhaps the large concentration of ionized gas is associated with the gravitational interaction between our galaxy Milky Way and the Great Magellanic Cloud. Such interaction can affect the distribution of gas in the galaxy, astronomers say.

The gravitational attraction of the Milky Way can attract and even ionize gas in unexpected ways, the authors of the study say. Thus, the outskirts of the large Magellanov clouds can be more turbulent than expected and this changes the understanding of the process of formation of new stars in a neighboring galaxy.

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