The existing catalogue of Galactic supernova remnants contains only a small fraction of the true number of these stellar explosions. A different observational technique is being employed to find the missing ones.
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Heiles, C. Supernovae brought to light. Nature 441, 1056–1057 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/4411056a
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