Pulsar Escaping its Supernova Birthplace

Artist's animation of Pulsar J0002+6216 speeding away from its birthplace and escaping the shell of debris from the supernova explosion that created it. #NRAO, #supernova, #pulsar Content created 01/19/2019
Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF.
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