Scientists detect 'stunning' energy Gamma Ray Emissions from Crab Nebula

Published on October 7, 2011 3:45 pm PT - By TWS Space Reporter - Signed by SEO Officer

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(TheWeatherSpace.com) - Scientists have detected higher than expected energy emitting from the Crab Nebula. Impressive Gamma Ray readings from the Supernova Remnant is stunning

"It was totally not expected — it was absolutely jaw-dropping," Andrew McCann, a Ph.D. candidate at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a co-author of the new study, told TheWeatherSpace.com. "This is one of the hottest targets in the sky, so people have been looking at the Crab Nebula for a long time. Now there's a twist in the tale. High-energy rays coming from the nebula are well-known, but coming from the pulsar is something nobody expected."

The heart of the Crab Nebula has a pulsar that spins 30 times a second. This collapsed has a greater mass than our Sun.

The Gamma Ray reading that came from the Crab Nebula pulsar was stronger than 100 billion electron-volts, which is more than any theories thought.

This is a million times more energetic than medical X-rays and 100 billion times stronger than visible light, scientists said.

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