In the vastness of space lies an incredible truth: we are made of stardust. This video tells the awe-inspiring story of how ...

The Crab Nebula, the dusty remains of an exploded star, has unleashed a surprisingly massive flare that is five times more powerful than any eruption previously seen from the celestial object ...

William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, named the Crab Nebula based on his interpretation of the shape from his observation in 1842. It isn’t the first deep-sky object whose name might be considered ...

On Feb. 22, 1971, a sounding rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with specialized sensors aimed at the Crab Nebula, a bright cosmic object 6,500 light-years away.

"The Crab Nebula lives up to a tradition in astronomy: The nearest, brightest, and best-studied objects tend to be bizarre." In July 1054, astronomers in China documented a "guest star" in the sky ...

THE CRAB NEBULA: A 'COSMIC GENERATOR' In the year 1054, a massive supernova erupted in the sky, creating a light show that was seen from Earth 6,500 years away.

NASA‘s IXPE captured a more detailed image of the Crab Nebula and its magnetic fields, revealing it’s shaped like a giant space donut.

It looked something like a crab with arms, and the appellation stuck. The nebula had been discovered about a century earlier by English astronomer John Bevis.

(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 ...

NASA‘s IXPE captured a more detailed image of the Crab Nebula and its magnetic fields, revealing it’s shaped like a giant space donut.