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A Fresh Look at the Crab Nebula

Charle davers

21 Apr, 2026

https://ift.tt/lu1bLVs This image that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured of the Crab Nebula, paired with its past observations and those of other telescopes, allows astronomers to study how the supernova remnant is expanding and evolving over time.

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