The mystery of infrared light source emitted from supernova remnants

An unexpected infrared light source from a supernova remnant is surprising to astronomers.

Infrared light source from RCW 103 supernova remnant.

Accordingly, a group of Canadian astronomers have discovered a strange infrared light emitted by a supernova remnant with the scientific name RCW 103 located in the constellation Norma 10,000 light-years from Earth. via WFC3 / IR technology on Hubble Telescope, NASA.

Many experts say, this infrared light source is very similar and may be related to an infrared light source with scientific name 2E 1.613.5-5053 discovered about 30 years ago. It is estimated that this infrared light source carries energy from F110W - 26,3 AB mag and m F160W - 24,2 AB mag) in the period of 6.67 hours and emits continuously, lasts and sometimes reaches the peak point.

Experts say this infrared source may come from a certain disk in the process of fostering surrounding energy for RCW 103 supernova remnant for the latest development. This research has just been published online on arXiv.org.