NuSTAR and Chandra X-ray images of SN1987A (image)

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Caption

Data collected from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (inset) and NuSTAR (main panel) in a new study support the presence of a pulsar wind nebula at the center of the ring of SN1987A.

Credit

Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ. di Palermo/E. Greco; NuSTAR: NASA/JPL/NuSTAR

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