The Crab Nebula in 60 Seconds

A quick video from the Chandra website regarding the Crab Nebula. date- 31.03.08 source- http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/podcasts/sd.html

'In 1054 A.D., a star's death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth. Now, almost a thousand years later, a superdense neutron star left behind by the explosion is spewing out a blizzard of extremely high-energy particles into the expanding debris field known as the Crab Nebula.'

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• crab
• nebula
• neutron
• star
• chandra
• x-ray
• infrared
• light
• hubble
• spitzer

[popoopie]

hey, that was 69 seconds!

[2bsirius]

Of all the nebulae in the sky, there is one that has a special status. It used to be said that every astronomy lecture had to include a picture of the Crab Nebula and all astronomers could be divided into two simple classes; those who studied the Crab Nebula and those who did not.

~From: Cosmic Imagery by John Barrows

[cmd2tuts]

@popoopie first 9 where intro dude...

[Laarriiee33]

Very nice rose!



[trog69]

2bsirius, I have always felt the pull of the Crab Nebula, though I cheated. Rather than becoming an astronomer first, I latched onto the x-ray photo, and the recorded movement caused by the neutron star inside. I have tried mightily to wrap my head around this incredible engine and it's environs, to only a tiny inkling of it's majesty, which doesn't bother me at all.

[dnalexxio]

why can't i embed it in facebook? let me please!! :)

[Rebar1993]

smartass, it starts at 0:09

[PION333R]

cool

[KyotoMelody]

Thanks!