NASA published on September 24, 2026, a remarkable image captured at the Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco, showing the remnants of five supernovas in the constellation Auriga.
This image, the result of about 200 hours of observations, covers a vast area equivalent to a thousand full moons combined. It clearly reveals five supernova remnants identified as G181.1+9.5, G182.4+4.3, G179.0+2.6, G180.01.7 (also known as the Spaghetti Nebula), and G178.24.2.
These remnants display shells of shocked gas and delicate filamentary structures, shown respectively in red (hydrogen) and blue (oxygen). These stellar explosions occurred independently at distances up to several thousand light-years from Earth, with ages estimated at several tens of thousands of years.
Ancient humans may have observed these supernovas as bright new stars that faded over weeks or months.
