The remnants of this explosion are visible today as the Crab Nebula. Within the nebula, astronomers have found a pulsar, the ultra-dense remains of a star that blew up.
The Crab Nebula is a remnant of a supernova explosion. All the new Chandra images are gorgeous. The Crab Nebula, the remnant of a supernova explosion, is another well-known formation. The Chandra ...
A dying star is throwing a cosmic tantrum in this combined image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), which NASA has lent to the California Institute of ...