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Crab Supernova Explosion

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Crab Supernova Explosion

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Hubble Space Telescope

28 Views • Aug 10, 2007

Description

The Crab Nebula is a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star’s supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers witnessed this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054, and this 3D animation shows what probably happened in the sky.