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The remnant appears comprised of a crisp, cage-like structure of fluffy red-orange filaments of gas. Among the remnant’s interior, yellow-white and green fluffy ridges form large-scale loop-like structures. The area within is comprised of translucent, milky material, which is synchrotron radiation. Trace the synchrotron radiation throughout the majority of the Crab Nebula’s interior. Locate the wisps that follow a ripple-like pattern in the middle. In the center of this ring-like structure is a bright white dot: a rapidly rotating neutron star. Further out from the core, follow the thin white ribbons of the radiation. The curvy wisps are closely grouped together, following different directions that mimic the structure of the pulsar’s magnetic field. Note how certain gas filaments are bluer in color. These areas contain singly ionized iron (iron II).

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The remnant appears comprised of a crisp, cage-like structure of fluffy red-orange filaments of gas. Among the remnant’s interior, yellow-white and green fluffy ridges form large-scale loop-like structures. The area within is comprised of translucent, milky material, which is synchrotron radiation. Trace the synchrotron radiation throughout the majority of the Crab Nebula’s interior. Locate the wisps that follow a ripple-like pattern in the middle. In the center of this ring-like structure is a bright white dot: a rapidly rotating neutron star. Further out from the core, follow the thin white ribbons of the radiation. The curvy wisps are closely grouped together, following different directions that mimic the structure of the pulsar’s magnetic field. Note how certain gas filaments are bluer in color. These areas contain singly ionized iron (iron II).
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SETI Institute (setiinstitute@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 04:31:24 JST SETI Institute

#PPOD: NASA’s JWST has gazed at the Crab Nebula in the search for answers about the supernova remnant’s origins. Similar to the Hubble optical wavelength image released in 2005, with Webb the remnant appears comprised of a crisp, cage-like structure of fluffy red-orange filaments of gas that trace doubly ionized sulfur (sulfur III). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Tea Temim (Princeton University)
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