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ESA is hot on the trail of Geminga

25 July 2003

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XMM-Newton image of Geminga showing the discovery of the twi

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This image was captured by the EPIC camera on board the satellite. The motion of Geminga across the sky is indicated, showing that the tails are trailing the neutron star. The scale bar corresponds to a distance of 1.5 million million kilometres at the distance of Geminga.

Credits: ESA

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Computer models of the shock wave created by Geminga

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Computer models of the shockwave created by Geminga show that the best matches to the data occur if the neutron star is travelling virtually across our line of sight. These correspond to the inclinations of less than 30 degrees.

Credits: Patrizia Caraveo

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