Record-Setting Space Explosion Spotted by NASA's NICER Telescope

Name: Record-Setting Space Explosion Spotted by NASA's NICER Telescope
Uploaded: 2019-11-08T18:59:47+00:00
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Channel: Amaze Lab
Description: NASA’s NICER telescope caught the brightest x-ray burst it has seen to date, coming from a fast-spinning pulsar, or crushed remains of a star. The explosion released as much energy in 20 seconds as the sun releases in 10 days.

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NASA’s NICER telescope caught the brightest x-ray burst it has seen to date, coming from a fast-spinning pulsar, or crushed remains of a star. The explosion released as much energy in 20 seconds as the sun releases in 10 days.