Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe

The Crab Nebula—A Supernova's Aftermath

Educational Jun 1, 2020 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E6: Stars more than eight times as massive as the sun take a radically different path at the end of their lives, disintegrating in a colossal explosion known as a supernova. Hubble's image of the famous Crab Nebula shows the expanding cloud of material from a supernova that was witnessed on Earth in the year 1054.

Educational Jun 1, 2020 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 31 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.