Exploded stars · 2024

Jellyfish Nebula

IC 443

A supernova remnant that looks, uncannily, like a jellyfish. The “tentacles” are shock waves plowing into a nearby molecular cloud.

What you’re hearing

The full mix, or just the nebula, or just the stars. Brighter filaments play louder as the scan crosses the bell and trailing gas.

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NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

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