All of humanity likely saw it, a brilliant supernova that lit up the daytime sky in 1054. But 960 years later, there’s still a lot we dont quite understand about the famous celestial phenomenon.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1054
http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/outside/chaco/nebula.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GD8-Lj0tFI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92LkAkAvKHY
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http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/pr2005037a/
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/1999/0052/
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