The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

The Astrology of Space
Supernovae Remnants
In our Galaxy of about 100 billion stars, a supernova
occurs, on the average, once in every 100 years. For
this reason, much of the research in supernovae has
been done in galaxies external to our own. It is
possible we may experience a supernova within our
galaxy in the course of our lifetimes. Until that time,
we must content ourselves with a search for the
remains of previous supernovae. When a star does
supernova, it radiates more energy than a billion Suns
and ejects matter at close to the velocity of light for a
period of about two weeks!
The expanding shell of debris creates a nebula that
for hundreds, even thousands of years radiates
vigorously in both the x-ray and radio regions of the
spectrum. About two dozen of these remains of past
supernovae or supernovae remnants have been
discovered in our galaxy. Four of the remnants have
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