Friday, October 28, 2011

The Ghostly image of X-ray-emitting central region of the Crab Nebula.

This blue ghost is an image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealing the complex X-ray-emitting central region of the Crab Nebula. 

This image is 9.8 light-years across. 
 
Picture: NASA/Rex Features
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