Dr_Ken's Journal: 60 Light-Year Debris Field From 1000 AD super nova

The story complete with a color pic found here.

"Because the distance to the supernova remnant is about 7,000 light-years, that explosion actually happened 7,000 years before the light reached Earth in 1006. Shockwaves in the remnant accelerate particles to extreme energies and are thought to be a source of the mysterious cosmic rays."

Better to blow up than to fade away...