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The Crab Nebula seen in new light by NASA's Webb
Exquisite, never-before-seen details help unravel the supernova remnant's puzzling history.
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Oct 30, 2023
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Hubble views elliptical galaxy Messier 89
This huge ball of stars—around 100 billion in total—is an elliptical galaxy located some 55 million light-years away. Known as Messier 89, this galaxy appears to be perfectly spherical; which is unusual for elliptical ...
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Sep 4, 2023
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NASA scientific balloons take to the sky in New Mexico
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program will take flight with eight planned launches from the agency's balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, flying scientific experiments to a near-space environment via a football-stadium-sized ...
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Aug 9, 2023
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Historic nebula seen like never before with Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
On Feb. 22, 1971, a sounding rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with specialized sensors aimed at the Crab Nebula, a bright cosmic object 6,500 light-years away. In those days, before recovering physical tapes ...
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Apr 10, 2023
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Astronomers find evidence for most powerful pulsar in distant galaxy
Astronomers analyzing data from the VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) have discovered one of the youngest known neutron stars—the superdense remnant of a massive star that exploded as a supernova. Images from the National Science ...
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Jun 16, 2022
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LHAASO measures Crab Nebula brightness, yields new UHE gamma-ray standard
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), one of China's key national science and technology infrastructure facilities, has accurately measured the brightness over 3.5 orders of magnitude of the standard candle ...
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Jul 8, 2021
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The discovery of a new type of supernova illuminates a medieval mystery
A worldwide team led by UC Santa Barbara scientists at Las Cumbres Observatory has discovered the first convincing evidence for a new type of stellar explosion—an electron-capture supernova. While they have been theorized ...
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2021
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Spectacular 'honeycomb heart' revealed in iconic stellar explosion
A unique heart shape, with wisps of gas filaments showing an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement, has been discovered at the center of the iconic supernova remnant, the Crab Nebula. Astronomers have mapped the void in unprecedented ...
Astronomy
Feb 10, 2021
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This supernova 'pizza' in a lab mimics the cosmic blast's splendid aftermath
Nestled in the constellation Taurus, a spectacle of swirling cosmic gasses measuring half a dozen lightyears across glows in shades of emerald and auburn. The Crab Nebula was born of a supernova, the explosion of a giant ...
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Jun 16, 2020
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