An old Hubble Space Telescope image revealed a new cosmic treasure.

The Hubble Space Telescope has caught the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula, revealing the intricate epitaph of a long-dead star.

The Crab Nebula as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in optical light (left) and the James Webb Space Telescope in infrared light. Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, J. Hester, A. Loll ...

The Crab Nebula as shown by the Hubble Space Telescope in optical light (left) and the James Webb Space Telescope in infrared light (right). NASA, ESA, J. Hester, A. Loll (Arizona State University ...

In the 1920s, astronomers like Edwin Hubble noticed that the Crab Nebula was getting bigger in photos of the night sky.

Capturing aspects of the ever-expanding Crab Nebula. Hubble captured the celestial object using an optical wavelength in 2005 (above left), while Webb's latest infrared image (above right ...

A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), and infrared data from Spitzer (pink). Chandra has repeatedly observed ...

In the 1920s, astronomers like Edwin Hubble noticed that the Crab Nebula was getting bigger in photos of the night sky. Hubble did the math and realized that the universe was expanding at a ...

The Webb telescope has captured the Crab Nebula in a new way since its last photo taken in 2005. Using Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), a team led by Tea ...

Hubble captured the celestial object using an optical wavelength in 2005 (above left), while Webb’s latest infrared image (above right) revealed more of its structural details and inner workings.