NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

Crab Nebula: NASA's Chandra X-Ray Laboratory released this composite of the Crab Nebula with data from Chandra (blue and white), Hubble (purple), and Spitzer (pink). 14 Feb, 2025 Gazi Abbas Shahid ...

Other images show the vivid colors of nebulae, like the crimson red of the Cat's Paw Nebula, which lies 4,370 light-years from Earth, and the bright purple of the Crab Nebula within the Taurus ...

The Crab Nebula is a well-studied object thanks to its cosmic closeness, yet despite decades of observations, the specifics of the explosion have remained elusive. The James Webb Space Telescope — A ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the most detailed image so far of the Crab Nebula, a gorgeous supernova remnant of a star that exploded 1,000 years ago.

JWST's new image displaces one from the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005 as the best picture scientists have of the Crab Nebula. JWST's 6.5-meter (21.3 feet) mirror has six times more collecting ...

Through bigger hardware, of course, the view is way better. Astronomers recently aimed the mighty James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the Crab in hopes of better understanding the nebula's ...

The Crab Nebula is one of the most famous celestial objects in the Milky Way galaxy. It's been imaged by every telescope of note, including the shiny new James Webb Space Telescope.

The Crab Nebula, also known as Messier 1, is one of the most well-known celestial objects, as this breathtaking supernova remnant has been imaged hundreds of times by NASA and all the way down to ...

You can also see a comparison between the Hubble Space Telescope 's view of the Crab Nebula (snapped in 2005) and Webb's new image. On left: Hubble's view of the Crab Nebula.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured an enlightening image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant that is located 6,500 light-years from Earth. The Crab has been studied since as far back ...