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an artist's impression of a spiral galaxy in deep space

𑁍♡Pulsar with Messy Hairstyle𑁍♡ NASA used the Chandra X-ray telescope to deeply expose two high-energy pulsars in the Milky Way. This observation is expected to reveal an important mystery. Pulsars are neutron stars that spin at high speeds. It is formed by the compression of a massive star explosion. Neutron stars have extremely strong magnetic fields, which form high-energy pulsed radiation in two magnetic poles

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an orange and red star burst in the middle of some dark blue space with stars around it

The image shows a supernova. A supernova is a powerful explosion that occurs at the end of a star's life. The explosion is so powerful that it can outshine an entire galaxy. Supernovas are responsible for creating many of the elements that we see around us, including the oxygen we breathe and the iron in our blood.

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an image of a blue vortex with water coming out of it and stars in the background

It took sleuthing through data collected by a variety of observatories to piece together the first firm evidence of a theorized cosmic phenomenon.

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