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Super serious face
📸: @juliettecarton
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Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star. The inner region sends out clock-like pulses of radiation and tsunamis of charged particles embedded in magnetic fields.
The neutron star at the very center of the Crab Nebula has about the same mass as the sun but compressed into an incredibly dense sphere that is only a few miles across. Spinning 30 times a second, the neutron star shoots out detectable beams of energy that make it look like it’s pulsating.
The Hubble Space Telescope snapshot is centered on the region around the neutron star (the rightmost of the two bright stars near the center of this image) and the expanding, tattered, filamentary debris surrounding it. Hubble’s sharp view captures the intricate details of glowing gas, shown in red, that forms a swirling medley of cavities and filaments. Inside this shell is a ghostly blue glow that is radiation given off by electrons spiraling at nearly the speed of light in the powerful magnetic field around the crushed stellar core.
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“Hey everyone! I am SO excited to show you the first exclusive print for my Patreon! This print will only be available to Tier 3 backers whose pledges clear on the first of August! (Basically, you have to be signed up by the end of the month and your payment has to go through before I start shipping prints out!) HUGE thanks to Gavin Free for taking the photo and Darshelle Stevens for her incredible photo editing skills!! And THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who’s backed already!! Can’t wait to start creating awesome fun content for you! Heart you!”
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LOOK AT THIS ELEPHANT BOOPING A GIRAFFE
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Playing around in the grass yesterday with @juliettecarton and @rayrobertsfilms
📸: @juliettephotos
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I don’t trust the media, too many acronyms. what does cnn stand for? literally no one knows the answer
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who decided popcorn was the official movie food
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