# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BNPPoSbj5Cj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15346278-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/775c3852df.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-11-25T15:29:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

The eerie glow of a dead star, which exploded long ago as a supernova, reveals itself in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Crab Nebula. But don't be fooled. The ghoulish-looking object still has a pulse. Buried at its center is the star's tell-tale heart, which beats with rhythmic precision. 
The "heart" is the crushed core of the exploded star. Called a neutron star, it has about the same mass as the sun but is squeezed into an ultra-dense sphere that is only a few miles across and 100 billion times stronger than steel. The tiny powerhouse is the bright star-like object near the center of the image. 
The nebula's hot gas glows in radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio to X-rays. The Hubble exposures were taken in visible light as black-and-white exposures. The Advanced Camera for Surveys made the observations between January and September 2012. The green hue that gives the nebula a Halloween theme, represents the color range of filter used in the observation. Image: Hubble/MSFC Flickr #hubble #heart #star #deadstar #star #supernova #beautiful #green #space #eerie #camera #photography #astronomer #color #exposure #gas #glow

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## Tags

color, hubble, gas, star, space, heart, exposure, deadstar, photography, green, eerie, glow, beautiful, supernova, astronomer, camera

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