A Fresh Look at the Crab Nebula
21 Apr 2026, 15:30 GMT
By Monika Luabeya
Topic: Crab Nebula
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/a-fresh-look-at-the-crab-nebula/
This observation from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released on March 23, 2026, gives an unparalleled, detailed look at the aftermath of a supernova and how it has evolved over the telescope’s long lifetime. Hubble captured the nebula’s intricate filamentary structure, as well as the considerable outward movement of those filaments over 25 years, at a