Crab nebula - Ireland News Beep

Colorful nebula in space with a white haze throughout that is more concentrated in the center with a rippling effect. Colorful gas filaments appear to splash outward from the nebula center, colored yellow, magenta, and blue. A faint black border with right angles at the corners of the images show where the telescope’s field of view stops. Small white stars dot the background.

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A Fresh Look at the Crab Nebula

April 21, 2026

This observation from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released on March 23, 2026, gives an unparalleled, detailed look at…

NASA’s Hubble Revisits Crab Nebula to Track 25 Years of Expansion

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NASA’s Hubble Revisits Crab Nebula to Track 25 Years of Expansion

March 24, 2026

A quarter-century after its first observations of the full Crab Nebula, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken a…

This is a mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by Hubble of the Crab Nebula, a 6-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star’s supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers recorded this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054, as did, almost certainly, Native Americans. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Hester / A. Loll, Arizona State University.

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Astronomer Deciphers Crab Pulsar’s Zebra Stripes

March 2, 2026

New research from the University of Kansas untangles a decades-old astrophysical puzzle, showing how competing forces — gravity’s…