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 Southern Crab Nebula: the Hubble Space Telescope's 29th anniversary image. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/STScI) Hubble Space Telescope team members are celebrating the last birthday in the mission's ...

The Hubble Space Telescope gave us a gift for its 29th birthday: This image of the Southern Crab Nebula. Located over 6,800 light-years from Earth, the hourglass-shaped formation of gas and dust ...

Hubble sees the heart of the Crab Nebula. NASA and ESA, Acknowledgment: J. Hester (ASU) and M. Weisskopf (NASA/MSFC) When it comes to nebulae named after seafood, the Crab Nebula may be the most ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.