This image of the Crab Nebula combines data from IXPE in magenta and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in dark purple. Image credit: IXPE / NASA / Chandra / CXC / SAO / K. Arcand / L. Frattare.
In the year 1054 CE, Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was the brightest object in the night sky, second only to the Moon, and was visible in broad daylight for 23 days. The stellar explosion was also recorded by Japanese, Arabic, and Native American stargazers. Today, the Crab Nebula is visible at the site of that bright star. Also known as Messier 1, M1, NGC 1952 and Taurus A, it lies approximately 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus.
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