Artist's illustration of SN1987A

This artist's illustration of Supernova 1987A shows the dusty inner regions of the exploded star's remnants (red), in which a neutron star might be hiding. This inner region is contrasted with the outer shell (blue), where the energy from the supernova is colliding (green) with the envelope of gas ejected from the star prior to its powerful detonation. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton