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Tag: Crab Nebula

Astronomers use JWST to peer into the heart of the Crab Nebula

Scientific papers rarely have images this spectacular in them.

The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the Crab nebula is the dynamo powering the nebula's eerie interior bluish glow. The blue light comes from electrons whirling at nearly the speed of light around magnetic field lines from the neutron star. The neutron star, the crushed ultra-dense core of the exploded star, like a lighthouse, ejects twin beams of radiation that appear to pulse 30 times a second.

How Black Holes and Neutron Stars Shine

November 28, 2019

Black holes and neutron stars are the densest and most mysterious objects in the universe, and researchers may have figured ...

Crab Nebula as seen by Hubble and Herschel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The most energetic light recorded thus far hits Tibetan plateau

Gamma-ray particles trillions of times more energetic than regular light hit the Tibetan plateau.

The Crab Nebula.

Stunning image of the Crab Nebula put together from five telescopes’ worth of data

byAlexandru Micu

Breathtaking.

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