Crab Nebula - United States

A supernova lit up Earth’s sky in 1054 and was visible in daylight. Hubble now shows its glowing remains are still expanding nearly 1,000 years later

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A supernova lit up Earth’s sky in 1054 and was visible in daylight. Hubble now shows its glowing remains are still expanding nearly 1,000 years later

July 13, 2026

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope images of the Crab Nebula Nearly 1,000 years after people first saw a bright…

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…