Crab Pulsar Wind, animation of

This animation shows how the combination of rapid rotation and a strong magnetic field produces an ultra high-speed flow of particles away from a neutron star. As the flow moves away, it is concentrated along the poles and the equator of the neutron star. A shock wave, which shows up as a bright X-ray ring, marks the boundary between the equatorial flow and the surrounding nebula.
(Animation: CXC/D.Berry)

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• Crab
• Pulsar
• Wind

[jermrox]

this is wrong i'm only 12 and i know what it would really look like. there is only 1 radio, xray or gamma ray COMING FROM PULSAR not around it and there probably isn't a quasar like jet ray of matter shooting from the pulsar.

[imworthmoney]

i love what this thing looks like

[kankypoo]

I can't WAIT until I'm far enough in Science to understand a word of what you said in the description.

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