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Time-Lapse Sequence of Crab Pulsar Wind

September 19, 2002 · NASA

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This movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra (left, blue) and optical light by Hubble (right, red).