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    gorehound: Annalee my fave postings Space Porn. more »
    nbsp: I think you'll find that this is actually an area that will come to be known as the "Eye of Terror", it's where the Warp merges with our reality. more »
    Nuthouse: Does any one else see an "eye" in the middle of the blue cloud??? more »
    Chip Overclock: And another search for the Higgs Boson ends in tragedy. more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: The Hubble version of this was my wallpaper for quite some time. more »
    lucife: "which - isn't there a Doctor Who story called Maw In Space? Maybe I'm just on crack" you are on crack. but i'd watch that. more »
    TotalFanGirl: Wow. I just find it amazingly cool that this picture looks like something that should be a clip from the latest Star Trek film, but it's actually rea... more »
    Friedhamster: I can't see these kind of images and think, 'Yeah, that just happened." I can't. more »
    valenoffw: Don't you see? It's an incoming jump gate! more »
    Makidian: Space is so stunningly beautiful that i find it hard to believe we as a species isn't more willing to do whatever it takes to get out among the stars.... more »
    Elorin: The Crab Nebula is so gorgeous! I had a photo of it in orangetones on my desktop as background until I saw this and swapped oranges for purples. If y... more »
    SnehalMarten: EXCUSE ME BUT THAT ISN'T a WHITE DWARF. IT'S A NEUTRON STAR/PULSAR. Two very different entities more »
    Lassus: Any demon or ruler of Hell or any other significant underworld reading io9 who'd like to trade my immortal soul for an FTL ship, please let me know. more »
    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Is that goatse in space? :( more »
    Dexomega: That almost looks shopped. Almost... more »
    lazyeight: At last, photographic evidence of intelligent design. All praise His Noodly Appendages! more »
    geesejuggler: I would love to have that as a poster in my room. It's fantastic. more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Was it Maw or Paw in Space? Hillbilly Astronauts! more »
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    The Clearest View Yet Of A 1,000 Year Old Explosion

    In 1054, humans recorded sightings of the mega-star explosion that created the Crab Nebula. It was so bright it was visible to the naked eye. Now three space telescopes have together created a more complete picture of the debris. More »
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    Gamma Rays of the Dead Shine Like a Nightmare into the Eyes of the Living

    When you look into the heart of the Crab Nebula, you are staring at the gamma-radiation-soaked nightmare of history. You may have already known that this gorgeous nebula is the result of a supernova that Chinese and Arab astronomers recorded back in 1054. But what you didn't know is that the dead star became a pulsar that's still pouring ultrahot, oscillating gamma radiation out into the cosmos. Researchers in the U.K. are investigating this gamma-spewing pulsar, and Clara Moskowitz has the story at Space.com. Image credit: NASA/ESA and Jeff Hester (Arizona State University).