Visuals: NASA's Spitzer Captures Echo of Dead Star's Rumblings

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ssc2005-14a: A Year in the Life of an Infrared Echo
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/O. Krause (Steward Observatory)

ssc2005-14b: Dead Star Rumbles
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/O. Krause (Steward Observatory)

ssc2005-14c: Cassiopeia A: Death Becomes Her
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/O. Krause (Steward Observatory)

ssc2005-14d: Illustration of a Light Echo
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

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ssc2005-14v1: The Cry of Cassiopeia A
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

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