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INFUSE Mission
November 4 , 2023
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- NASA launched the Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscope Experiment (INFUSE) mission.
- This mission aims to study the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant located about 2,600 light years away from Earth.
- NASA believes the original blast happened 20,000 years ago.
- Since the event, matter has blown out at a speed of 930,000 mph (1.5 million kilometers).
- It is a rate of speed which enough to travel from Earth to the Moon in just minutes.
- It spanned three times the size of a full moon back in 2012 and is now thought to be 120 light-years across.
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