π¦ A raw-ish look at the Crab Nebula in X-rays from Chandra.
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π¦ A raw-ish look at the Crab Nebula in X-rays from Chandra.
Why isn't it called the Shrimp Nebula? π¦π¦ π¦
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Archived Chandra Observations Reveal a Bright New Class of X-Ray Sources
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A pulsar has been seen gathering the wind from a giant companion star.
XRISM directly observed the stellar outflow being captured by the compact object. That captured material powers strong X-ray flares.
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals II Zw 096, two merging galaxies. Magenta shows black hole activity and hot gas invisible in optical light alone. Combining telescope data reveals mergers in greater detail.
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