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Supernova Cannon Expels Pulsar J0002
What could shoot out a neutron star like a cannon ball?
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Elements in the Aftermath
Massive stars spend their brief lives furiously burning nuclear fuel.
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NICER at Night
Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Crab from Space
The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier's famous list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, expanding debris from the death explosion of a massive star
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