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Outer space is weird
 This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments. The filaments are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a free explosion. The above image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is presented in three colors chosen for scientific interest. The Crab Nebula spans about 10 light-years. In the nebula's very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as massive as the Sun but with only the size of a small town. The Crab Pulsar rotates about 30 times each second. |
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18-02-2008, 15:42
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All space is weird, especially when gravity and space time get involved.
Nice picture though. Hubble has given us some of the most impressive pictrues I've ever seen. scale-wise. I saw a photo of Uranus once.
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18-02-2008, 15:50
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You get used to it after a while.
I shall take a look tonight. The distances are just mind-blowing.
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"The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, but more strange than we can possibly imagine."
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18-02-2008, 22:27
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Thinking about space makes me feel really small and insignificant...
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Nice quote. I was looking at some of the other images on the NASA site I linked to, at full resolution they are incredible (and very big!). It really brings home how small and insignificant our little planet really is, and how little we really know!
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