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Chandra and Hubble Tune into ‘Flame-Throwing’ Guitar Nebula

A close-up image of the guitar structure with an illustrated outline surrounding the shape.
Outline of the guitar shape in the X-ray and optical image. (Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and (Palomar) Hale Telescope/Palomar/CalTech; Illustrated outline: NASA/CXC/K. DiVona; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare)

Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.

The new movie of Chandra (red) and Palomar (blue) data helps break down what is playing out in the Guitar Nebula...

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