An oval of colorful tendrils of gas and dust stretching from lower-left to upper right. Ova's outer ring is rusty-red tendrils, followed by a yellow/lime-green ring of tendrils. Oval's center is bright turquoise with white tendrils bisecting it. All set on a black background.

Hubble images M1 – The Crab Nebula

M1, the Crab Nebula, is the remnant of a stellar explosion that was seen in the year 1054 AD. The colors in the image were assigned to distinguish various chemical elements, which are now all racing into space to enrich new generations of stars.

Credits: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)
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