The Crab Nebula (M1) has one of the most famous origin stories around: The light from the supernova that created the nebula ...

Enveloped within striking, billowing clouds of gas and dust that form a nebula known as M1-67, sits a bright star named Hen 2-427 (otherwise known as WR 124). This star is just as intense as the ...

Hubble Views The M1-63 NebulaThis image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, a beautifully captured example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in ...

A chart is essential for distinguishing it from other faint stars scattered in front of the nebula. A generous 6′ by 4′ across, M1 is expanding at 0.5 percent the speed of light.