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The Crab Nebula is a ragged orange bubble with a faint blue glow inside.

The Crab Nebula

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Légende : The Crab Nebula is situated 6500 light years away in the constellation Taurus. This is remnant of a supernova explosion caused by a massive star at the end of its life. This happened several thousand years ago but the light from this explosion only reached the Earth in the year 1054. This celestial event was viewed by people across the world with many different societies noting it in their records. The force of the supernova explosion has pushed pushed the outer layers of the star out into the surrounding gas. Here we see this as the bubbly orange structure as the force of the explosions ploughs into the surrounding gas. At its heart lies the Crab Nebula Pulsar, a neutron star that is the remains of the exploded star. This neutron star has a strong magnetic field. Electrons in nebula dance in this magnetic field, emitting the diffuse blue light we see inside the orange bubble.
Crédit : NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)
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Termes du glossaire: Rémanent de supernova
Catégories : Voie lactée et milieu interstellaire , Étoiles

Licence : Domaine Public Domaine Public Icônes

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An irregular blue bubble with mottled red inside it on a field of background stars

Remnant of SN 1006

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Légende : This image shows the remnant of the supernova SN 1006. This was probably the result of a white dwarf that accreted so much material from a binary companion star that the white dwarf exploded (this is called a Type 1a supernova by astronomers). This explosion happened several thousand years ago, however it took time for the light from this event to reach Earth, only arriving in the year 1006. This bright explosion was noticed by observers across the Earth and its appearance was noted in the records of many different societies. Here we see the effect that supernova has had on its surroundings in the galaxy. The force of the explosion has blown a huge bubble in the surrounding interstellar gas with a hot shockwave at its edge. The image appears to be a simple color picture but it actually represents light far beyond what our eye can see. The blue is X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the yellow and orange are data from optical telescopes and the red is detections in radio waves from the Very Large Array and the Green Bank Telescope. The bright blue of the outer shell shows the gas there is very hot and that the explosion produced energetic shock waves.
Crédit : X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenai, Hughes et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell; Optical: Middlebury College/F.Winkler, NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO Schmidt & DSS
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Termes du glossaire: Vestiges stellaires , Supernova , Astronomie des rayons X , Rémanent de supernova
Catégories : Voie lactée et milieu interstellaire , Étoiles

Licence : Domaine Public Domaine Public Icônes

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The left image has finger-shaped clouds with bright edges. In the right image we see stars shining through those clouds

The Pillars of Creation in comparison

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Légende : The 'Pillars of Creation' are a renowned astronomical feature situated within the Eagle Nebula in the Serpens constellation. The illustration provides a direct comparison between images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), showcasing the pillars, which span several light years in diameter, in both visible light (also known as optical light) and infrared light. On the left are the pillars as seen by Hubble in visual light, taken in 2014. It displays dark pillars against an opaque background, with only a handful of visible stars. Conversely, the counterpart on the right is Webb’s near-infrared view published in 2022, penetrating the dust and revealing numerous stars of varying sizes. Their distance from Earth is approximately 6,500 to 7,000 light years. Within these pillars, new stars are constantly forming, making them a subject of extensive study by astronomers. Composed mostly of cool molecular hydrogen and small amounts of interstellar dust, they are subject to erosion by the intense ultraviolet radiation emitted by nearby massive and newborn stars, a process known as photoevaporation.
Crédit : NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
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Termes du glossaire: Astronomie infrarouge , Télescope infrarouge , Astronomie optique , Formation des étoiles , Spectre visible , Nuage de poussière
Catégories : Voie lactée et milieu interstellaire , Étoiles

Licence : Creative Commons (CC) Attribution 2.0 Générique Creative Commons (CC) Attribution 2.0 Générique Icônes

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