The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova which was observed almost 1000 years ago. Although it corresponds to one of the ...

The researchers counted 15 gamma rays per minute during the first flare from Markarian 421, 10 times as high as the rate observed from the Crab Nebula, which is a steady source of high-energy gamma ...

Over 2 decades of Chandra X-ray Observatory views of the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A have been time-lapsed. The Chandra team explains here. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart Congress averts government ...