Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy light. At its ...

A look at the pulsar within the Crab Nebula indicates that it's pulsing radiation at much higher energies than we expected—and it could change our understanding of pulsars. A few layman questions ...

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When Chinese astronomers first glimpsed the Crab Nebula in 1054 CE — they didn’t see anything like this. A new photo courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captures milky strands of ...

Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star. The inner ...

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A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), and infrared data from Spitzer (pink). Chandra has repeatedly observed the ...

Medvedev modeled wave diffraction off a circular reflecting region with radially varying index of refraction outside of it to better understand the Crab Nebula’s zebra pattern. LAWRENCE — A ...

(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured wispy new details of cosmic gas and dust within the Crab Nebula, revealing insights into what happens in the aftermath of a massive star explosion.

An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting the sun, 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA-GSFC / Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) In the year 1054 CE, astronomers saw a strange ...