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Watch the Crab Nebula Expand Over a 13 Year Period

Posted by timothy on from the imagine-the-world's-largest-crab-rangoon dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "A thousand years ago, the light from the explosion of a massive star reached the Earth. We now call this supernova remnant the Crab Nebula, and a new image of the Crab taken by astronomer Adam Block shows the physical expansion of the debris, made obvious in a short video comparing his 2012 observations with some taken in 1999. The outward motion of filaments and knots in the material can be easily traced even over this relatively short time baseline."

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  1. Craaaaab people! by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 3, Funny

    Craaaaaaab people! Craaaaaaaab people! Craaaaaab people!

  2. Re:LAME!!! just 2 exposures by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    2.43759728 × 10^-9 FPS should be enough for anybody.

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  3. I'd like to look but... by Kaenneth · · Score: 1, Funny

    Cool guys don't look at explosions.

  4. Memorial by slashmydots · · Score: 4, Funny

    We should all take this time to remember the brave folks who, thousands of years ago, had to self destruct their crab-class starship to save the universe from the Daleks.