# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFyDtsgj3K
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734869-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/a422b7bbf6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-10-18T21:57:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Youngest pulsar in the Milky Way! The brightly-colored remnant at the center of this image is Kes 75 - a star 🌟until it exploded in a supernova 💥 - 500 years ago, as seen from Earth. Astronomers used data from our Chandra X-ray Observatory (nasachandraxray) to confirm that it contains the youngest known pulsar in our Milky Way galaxy. 
The Chandra observatory allows scientists from around the world to obtain X-ray images of exotic environments to help understand the structure and evolution of the universe.

Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/NCSU/S. Reynolds; Optical: PanSTARRS
#nasa #universe #science #cosmos #galaxy #stars #beautiful #pictureoftheday #xray #astronomy #picoftheday #milkyway #pulsar #chandra

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milkyway, galaxy, chandra, stars, pulsar, pictureoftheday, astronomy, cosmos, science, nasa, xray, picoftheday, universe, beautiful

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