There are a lot of nebulae in the universe, and they often get given catchy names like the Crab Nebula or Cat's Paw Nebula.

Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy light. At its center sits a dense, rapidly spinning neutron star that turns every 33.

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Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These measurements reveal details about the chaotic, superheated material swirling ...

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A nebula takes on the appearance of a rampaging lion in a new deep space vista captured by astrophotographer Ronald Brecher under a near-full moon from his home in Ontario, Canada, in October earlier ...

The crustaceans, non-native and fierce, are taking over the Gulf of Maine. Could eating them help draw down the population? Mike Masi pulls a trap filled with green crabs on to his skiff in York, ...

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