13 photos from NASA's most powerful X-ray space telescope reveal the invisible universe

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crab nebula expanding structured clouds of purple red and blue with a bright purple point in the center with a bright jet shooting out it and bright concentric circles around it
The Crab Nebula, the result of a bright supernova explosion witnessed by astronomers in 1054 A.D.

Check out stunning photos from the $2 billion space telescope that captures the invisible universe — and that NASA plans to defund

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purple spiral galaxy with lots of purple stars inside and a bright white center
Messier 74, nicknamed "the Phantom Galaxy" for its dimness, comes to life when Chandra revealed its X-ray activity (purple) alongside observations from Hubble and Webb.

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team; Image Processing: N. Wolk and K. Arcand

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