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Crab Nebula
Photograph (Hubble + Chandra composite) · NASA / ESA / Hubble Space Telescope
The Crab Nebula (M1, NGC 1952) is the remains of a supernova explosion observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 CE. The supernova was bright enough to be visible in daylight for 23 days; Chinese, Japan
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Photograph (deep-field astronomical exposure) · NASA / ESA / Hubble Space Telescope
Released in 2004, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the deepest visible-light image of the universe ever taken at the time of its publication. A composite of 800 exposures totaling 11.3 days of telescope
Pillars of Creation
Astronomical photograph (Hubble Space Telescope) · NASA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), 1995
The image we have may be of something that no longer exists. Infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 suggested the three pillars of cold molecular hydrogen in the Eagle Nebula m
