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The Crab Nebula (M1)
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A tangled, glowing web of orange, yellow, and blue filaments expanding outward from a central region.
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Caption: The Crab Nebula — the expanding remnant of a supernova recorded by astronomers in 1054.
Scientific context
A supernova remnant about 6,500 light-years away, the debris of a star observed to explode in 1054 CE; a pulsar at its centre powers the nebula's glow.
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