Crab Nebula (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Crab Nebula

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Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant. In the (Western) year 1054, Chinese astronomers recorded the supernova that blasted the nebula into existence.

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NASA, ESA, J. DePasquale (STScI), and R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)

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