Monday, November 23, 2009

Forming the Crab

http://www.space.com/php/popup/mediaplayer/noad_skinframeset.php?id=b051129_heic_esa&mode=play&skin=marsmad
(Click the link to see a video of the formation of the Crab Nebula)

Once upon a time, in a supergiant star's core something was wrong. then all of the sudden... BOOOOM!!! The star explodes! Atoms fused together within the first few seconds. Soon it's cooling and expanding, maybe even on forever. While it's expanding atoms scatter and WAHLAAH! The Crab Nebula was "born"!.