The Crab Nebula is the first thing on Charles Messier's 18th century list of things that are not comets. The Crab is in fact a supernova remnant, debris from the explosion of a dying star, witnessed by astronomers in 1054. Near the nebula's center is a neutron star spinning 30 times a second called the Crab Pulsar. This nebula looks really cool cause it looks almost electric, as if it's made up of lightning bolts.
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