The Crab Nebula in 60 Seconds
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Channel: Chandra X-ray Observatory · 2008 · Science & Technology
In 1054 A.D., a star's death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth. Now, almost a thousand years later, a superdense neutron star left behind by the explosion is spewing out a blizzard of extremely high-energy particles into the expanding debris field known as the Crab Nebula.
