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This image of the Crab Nebula combines data from IXPE in magenta and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in dark purple. Image credit: IXPE / NASA / Chandra / CXC / SAO / K. Arcand / L. Frattare.

IXPE Observes Crab Nebula and Its Pulsar

Apr 11, 2023 by News Staff

Located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus, the Crab Nebula and its pulsar formed in a supernova whose light reached Earth in July 1054. This...

3D reconstruction of the Crab Nebula remnant as seen from Earth (left), and from another point of view showing its heart-shaped morphology (right). Image credit: Martin et al., doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa4046.

Crab Nebula Has ‘Honeycomb Heart,’ Astronomers Say

Feb 18, 2021 by News Staff

New images captured by the SITELLE instrument on the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope (CFHT) in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, reveal an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement...

While many other images of the famous Crab Nebula, the remnant of a star that began its life with about 10 times the mass of our Sun, have focused on the filaments in the outer part of the nebula, this new image from Hubble shows the very heart of the object including the central neutron star - it is the rightmost of the two bright stars near the center of this image. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Hester, ASU / M. Weisskopf, NASA / MSFC.

Hubble Space Telescope Peers into Heart of Crab Nebula

Jul 8, 2016 by Natali Anderson

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has zoomed in on the center of the Crab Nebula — a ten-light-year-wide remnant of a star’s supernova explosion...