A Year in the Life of an Infrared Echo

Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ June 10, 2005

These images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, taken one year apart, show the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (yellow ball) and surrounding clouds of dust (reddish orange).

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Cassiopeia A

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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)

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