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![The Crab Nebula. An oval with complex structure extends from lower left to upper right against a black background. On the oval’s exterior lie curtains of glowing yellow and green fluffy material. Its interior shell shows large-scale loops of mottled filaments of yellow-white and green, studded with clumps and knots. Translucent thin ribbons of smoky blue lie within the remnant’s interior, brightest toward its center. The blue material follows different directions throughout, including sometimes sharply curving away from certain regions within the remnant. A faint, wispy ring of blue material encircles the very center of the nebula. Around and within the supernova remnant are many points of blue, green, purple, and white light.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/webb-stsci-01j04ajb8zf5kwsnd3jnj0x9hb-3k.png?w=4096&format=png)
Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula With NASA’s Webb
New data revises our view of this unusual supernova explosion. A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…
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Travel Through Data From Space in New 3D Instagram Experiences
A new project provides special 3D “experiences” on Instagram using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes through…
![A binary system containing a pulsar that sometimes disrupts the stream coming from its companion star, which changes the type of emission it produces.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/transitional-pulsar-art.gif?w=4096&format=png)
NASA’s Fermi Mission Nets 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars … and Counting
A new catalog produced by a French-led international team of astronomers shows that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered…
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Strange New Worlds
A world with two suns, a lava planet, and a world trapped in eternal darkness are just some of the…
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NICER Status Update
Sunlight ‘Leak’ Impacting NASA’s NICER Telescope, Science Continues June 8, 2023 On Tuesday, May 22, NASA’s NICER (Neutron Star Interior…
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Historic Nebula Seen Like Never Before With NASA’s IXPE
Scientists have created a detailed, nuanced map of the Crab Nebula’s magnetic field, revealing more of its inner workings than…
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