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** NOTE ON ALL ANIMATED GIFS PROVIDED BELOW: Please be aware that flashing areas larger than 21,824 square pixels can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive seizure disorders like photosensitive epilepsy.**

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1. Crab Nebula Timelapse (2002)
The dynamic rings, wisps and jets around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/A.Jubett)

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2. Tycho's Supernova Remnant
A supernova remnant located about 10,000 light years from Earth.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/A.Jubett)

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3. Pictor A
A giant jet spanning continuously for over 300,000 light years is seen blasting out of the galaxy Pictor A.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/A.Jubett)

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4. Vela Pulsar Jet
Much like an untended firehose, the jet bends and whips about spectacularly at half the speed of light. Bright blobs move in the jet at similar speeds.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/A.Jubett)

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5. Time-lapse of Cassiopeia A
This velocity is explained by a special type of energy loss by the blast wave.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/A.Jubett)