NASA Universe
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Your backstage pass to the universe and how NASA studies it. Exoplanets, black holes, dark energy, and more!
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What gives this cosmic lighthouse its checkmark shape? Our IXPE telescope studied the pulsar within the Lighthouse Nebula and its turbulent outflows, confirming a 2008 theory that its long, thin filament is shaped by the galaxy’s magnetic fields. More:
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