Astronomers received a unique snapshot of the Crab Nebula

11 May 2017, 13:32 | Technologies 
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Astronomers received a unique image of the Crab Nebula. As reported on the NASA website, the researchers combined data obtained with the help of a very large telescope, the Hubble telescope, the Spitzer telescope, the XMM-Newton and the Chandra observatory,.

Crab nebula is the consequence of a powerful explosion of a supernova observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054. The nebula is located at a distance of 6.5 thousand light years from Earth. In the center of the nebula is a neutron star that rotates at a tremendous speed.

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