# The Oldest Documented Supernova Had One Job: Show Magnetic Order. It Didn't.

- slug: the-oldest-documented-supernova-had-one-job-show-magnetic-order-it-didnt
- date: 2026-03-27
- category: Space & Aerospace

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer spent the equivalent of nine days staring at the oldest known supernova remnant.

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