Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy light. At its center sits a dense, rapidly spinning neutron star that turns every 33.8 ...

The Crab Nebula has been one of astronomy’s most scrutinized objects for nearly a millennium, yet Hubble’s first fresh look in almost a quarter century shows it is still capable of surprise. The new ...

The James Webb Telescope — the super-sensitive, tennis-court-sized, space-based imager jointly managed by several international space agencies — continued to deliver gorgeous shots of the cosmos in ...

Nasa has unveiled a sonification symphony that turns telescope data into orchestral music. Experience the life cycles of ...

Data sonification translates information collected by various NASA missions — such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space Telescope — into sounds. The Crab Nebula ...

A pulsar's radiation is getting refracted by plasma in the magnetosphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Historical records from ...

Whether you’re a life long stargazer, or you’ve just made a spontaneous Black Friday purchase, NASA is offering you a guided tour of the cosmos in 2025. To celebrate 35 years of Hubble’s observations, ...

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The year 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory into space. The Crab Nebula was one of the first objects that Chandra examined with its sharp X-ray vision, ...

Long before rockets and satellites, the Crab Nebula shone as a steady X-ray beacon powered by a neutron star spinning every 33.8 milliseconds. Astronomers now add polarization to imaging, timing and ...