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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory recently snapped this shot of energetic particles streaming from a pulsar - the rapidly rotating core left behind after a very massive star exploded as a supernova. Known as B1509, the pulsar is thought to be about 1,700 years old and lies roughly 17,000 light-years from Earth.
The tiny pulsar is just 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) wide. But it is spinning so fast - it makes seven complete rotations every second - that the particles it spews have created a nebula spanning 150 light-years.
The pulsar's rapid rotation likely helped create the nebula's odd shape. Its finger-like pillars appear to be transferring energy to a nearby gas cloud, which glows orange and red in x-rays.
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