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Pulsar wind nebula inside supernova remnant explored with Chandra

May 30, 2026 report Pulsar wind nebula inside supernova remnant explored with Chandra Tomasz Nowakowski Author Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Astronomers from the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC, and elsewhere have employed NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft to observe a pulsar wind nebula inside a supernova remnant known as CTA 1. Results of the observational campaign, presented in a research paper published May 20 on the arXiv preprint server,...