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SOFIA in Lufthansa Technik Hangar. Image Credit: NASA/ Jeff Doughty

SOFIA Airborne Telescope Diameter. Credit: NASA

SOFIA data reveal warm dust (white) surviving inside a supernova remnant. The SNR Sgr A East cloud is traced in X-rays (blue). Radio emission (red) shows expanding shock waves colliding with surrounding interstellar clouds (green). Credit: NASA/CXO/Hersch

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SOFIA in Lufthansa Technik Hangar. Image Credit: NASA/ Jeff DoughtyNASA/ Jeff Doughty

SOFIA Airborne Telescope Diameter. Credit: NASANASA

SOFIA data reveal warm dust (white) surviving inside a supernova remnant. The SNR Sgr A East cloud is traced in X-rays (blue). Radio emission (red) shows expanding shock waves colliding with surrounding interstellar clouds (green). Credit: NASA/CXO/Herschel/VLA/SOFIA-FORCAST/Lau et al. NASA/CXO/Herschel/VLA/SOFIA-FORCAST/Lau et al.