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Home Infrared images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) are combined in this image of RCW 86, the dusty remains of the oldest documented example of an exploding star, or supernova. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA) Infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) are combined in this image of RCW 86, the dusty remains of the oldest documented example of an exploding star, or supernova. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)

Infrared images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) are combined in this image of RCW 86, the dusty remains of the oldest documented example of an exploding star, or supernova. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)

Infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) are combined in this image of RCW 86, the dusty remains of the oldest documented example of an exploding star, or supernova. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)

Infrared images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) are combined in this image of RCW 86, the dusty remains of the oldest documented example of an exploding star, or supernova. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)

This image combines data from four different space telescopes to create a multi-wavelength view of all that remains of the oldest documented example of a supernova, called RCW 86. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/CXC/SAO)