That's why the Crab Nebula is also known as Messier 1 (M1). More importantly, the supernova that created the nebula wowed societies across the planet when it appeared in Earth's skies centuries ago.

The Crab Nebula, the remnant of a supernova from 1054, is currently 11 light-years across. The ... More tendrils, filaments, gas and plasma surrounding the center have expanded at between 0.5% and ...

The nebula is being studied to learn about how it formed from the supernova event, which threw out clouds of material when the star exploded. “Webb’s sensitivity and spatial resolution allow ...

This composite image of the Crab Nebula was assembled with arbitrary color scaling by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire electromagnetic spectrum: the radio emission ...

A NASA space observatory has captured one of the most historic and well-studied nebulas in a completely new light. You’ve probably heard of the iconic Crab Nebula, or at least you’d recognize ...

The 3D image reveals that the Crab Nebula—which you can spot in the constellation Taurus—is not a classic supernova remnant where one big blast wave heats gases to millions of degrees.

Over 2 decades of Chandra X-ray Observatory views of the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A have been time-lapsed. The Chandra team explains here. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant about 6,500 light-years away from Earth. We can trace its history precisely, thanks to observations made by Chinese, Japanese, and Middle Eastern astronomers ...