In the centre of the nebula is a neutron star.
The crab nebula located at a distance of 6500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. It originated in the supernova explosion (“death” of a massive star), and in its center is a superdense neutron star, emitting radiation in the direction of the dust cloud.
Although the Crab nebula photographed repeatedly in the history of astronomy, only the last pictures “Hubble” showed her internal mechanisms. NASA presented a picture assembled from images that the telescope has received over the last ten years.
The picture shows a neutron star to the right of the two bright stars in the center. “The crab pulsar is a bright example of extreme physical processes and unimaginable violence on a cosmic scale. Apparently the gas “swirls” occur due to a shock wave that turns the wind from the neutron star in the energetic particle flux”, — stated in a press release NASA.
