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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-24T19:57:21.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.nasa.gov",
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    "Chandra X-Ray Observatory",
    "IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)",
    "Marshall Space Flight Center",
    "Supernova Remnants",
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  "textContent": "NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, helping fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have observed. When astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory previously targeted RCW 86, they discovered that a large “cavity” region around the system led the supernova to expand […]",
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