The Crab Nebula (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Crab Nebula

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This is a mosaic image-- one of the largest ever taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope -- of the Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion.

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Credits: NASA/ESA/Arizona State University

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