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Time-Lapse Movie of Crab Pulsar Wind
HST and Chandra, 2002

Source: Hubble Site


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).

X-Ray Image Credit: NASA/CXC/ASU/J.Hester et al.
Optical Image Credit: NASA/HST/ASU/J.Hester et al.