esahubble_opo9622b2 May 30th, 1996
Credit: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA/ESA
Scientists are learning more about how pulsars work by studying a series of Hubble Space Telescope images of the heart of the Crab Nebula. The images, taken over a period of several months, show that the Crab is a far more dynamic object than previously understood.
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Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9622b2/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
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