Remnants of 140-year-old stellar explosion are located close to our galaxy's centre.
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Courtland, R. Milky Way's youngest supernova found. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.827
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.827