This composite image, released on July 9, 2026, shows the region around a pulsar – a neutron star with a strong magnetic field that spins incredibly fast – within the Lighthouse nebula. The image contains X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple, X-rays from NASA’s IXPE (Imag...
NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula
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July 17, 2026 •
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