X-ray image of SN 1987A and Artist's Illustration of Pulsar Wind Nebula (IMAGE)

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X-ray image of SN 1987A and Artist's Illustration of Pulsar Wind Nebula

Caption

The panel on the left contains a 3D computer simulation, based on Chandra data, of the supernova debris from SN 1987A crashing into a surrounding ring of material. The artist's illustration (right panel) depicts a so-called pulsar wind nebula, a web of particles and energy blown away from a pulsar, which is a rotating, highly magnetized neutron star.

Credit

Chandra (X-ray): NASA/CXC/Univ. di Palermo/E. Greco; Illustration: INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo/Salvatore Orlando

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