# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGTgEDCJUUv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26810208-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-20T18:28:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

“What is today but yesterday’s tomorrow?” Deep thoughts from the heart of a cosmic Krab, er, crab. 🦀⁣
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This close-up image of the Crab Nebula, originally released by NASAHubble in 2016, reveals the beating heart of one of the most deeply-studied remnants of a supernova—in other words, the aftermath of an exploded star.⁣
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The neutron star at the middle of the nebula (the rightmost of the two bright stars) is spinning 30 times a second, sending out pulses of radiation with clockwork regularity. The Crab Nebula, which first appeared in our skies about 1,000 years ago, is located about 6,500 light-years from Earth.⁣
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Image description: Stars and gas swirl through a misty image of the cosmos. Orange-red bands circle the outside of the image and snake through its middle; a handful of bright white stars are scattered throughout, especially just right of center.⁣
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Credits: NASA and ESA⁣
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#NASA #Space #Universe #Hubble #CrabNebula #Astrophotography #MrKrabs

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mrkrabs, nasa, hubble, crabnebula, astrophotography, universe, space

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