As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...
The agency is encouraging astronomy clubs to throw “star parties” to introduce people to the nebulae and galaxies spotted by ...
The second image featured the M1 Crab nebula, which—as a still-expanding remnant of a supernova explosion—exhibits a natural radial directionality. In both cases, the final multifractal ...
The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering the nebula's eerie interior bluish glow. The Bubble Nebula is 7 light-years across and resides 7,100 ...
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 ...