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The Crab Nebula in X-ray — here in an image from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory — looks nothing like it does in visible light. Astronomers considered the Crab’s X-ray emissions so stable that they calibrated their instruments by it; recent observations, however, suggest a decline of several percentage points. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.

The Crab Nebula in X-ray — here in an image from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory — looks nothing like it does in visible light. Astronomers considered the Crab’s X-ray emissions so stable that they calibrated their instruments by it; recent observations, however, suggest a decline of several percentage points. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.

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