# Crab Nebula

A 3D model from NASA/Francis J. Summers, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/crab-nebula/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Francis J. Summers
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/printable/crab-nebula/Crab%20Nebula.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/printable/crab-nebula/Crab%20Nebula.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

The Crab Nebula shows the remains of an exploded star located about 6,500 light years from Earth. The powerhouse “engine” energizing the Crab system is a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star, shooting out pulses of radiation 30 times a second. X-ray information from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was used to create a three-dimensional representation \[…\]