This Hubble mosaic is the highest resolution image ever made of the entire Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years away. These opaque, dark knots of gas and dust called "Bok globules" are ...

Hubble has previously snapped images of this ... The challenge has previously asked observers to observe M1 the Crab Nebula and C39 the Clown Nebula. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips ...

Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, M8 was discovered in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who, like Charles Messier, sought to catalog nebulous objects in the night sky so ...

Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has beamed breathtaking ... They include M1, also known as the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant that has provided new insight into what happens when a ...

The Crab Nebula takes on a more detailed appearance that yields clues into the spectacular demise of the star. It is also the highest resolution image ever made of the M1-Crab Nebula. The ...

A dead star takes on a ghostly green pallor in a new photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image, released conveniently in time for Halloween, reveals the remains of a star that exploded ...

The explosion stripped off the star's outer layers, and the stellar core—now a neutron star—lies in the center of the nebula. In the 1920s, astronomers like Edwin Hubble noticed that the Crab ...

The 1840s eruption created the Homunculus Nebula, transforming this binary star system into a unique object. Its cause remains unknown. The giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue ...