An expanding cloud of debris from an supernova explosion produces a nebula known as a supernova remant.
This movie of images from the Hubble Space Telescope shows gases streaming outward from the heart of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant.
The movie covers 9 months of observationa and is looped, much
like weather satellite images.
Click on the Crab Nebula, at right, to see a different, but older supernova remnant.
Click a button to learn about the two main types of supernovae:
