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Samantha Mathewson

'Flame-throwing' Guitar Nebula's concert caught by Hubble and Chandra space telescopes (video)

A guitar in the stars.

NASA telescopes spotted a glowing nebula that looks like a guitar shredding rapid pulses of stellar material through space like sound waves through a packed concert stadium.

The Guitar Nebula is located approximately 2,700 light-years from Earth. The shape of the nebula, or giant cloud of dust and gas, resembles a guitar with a rapidly rotating neutron star (also known as a pulsar) at the tip of the headstock, earning the cosmic structure the nickname "flame-throwing guitar."

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