An image of the Crab Nebula and pulsar is one of the first two focused high-energy X-ray images of any astronomical object. The two historic images were captured by a team from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, on May 23, 2001, using a telescope containing X-ray mirrors. Click to enlarge.

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