A 'purple nebula' in honor of Prince: NASA's tribute to pop icon- See pic!

New Delhi: The US space agency NASA has tweeted out a beautiful image - a 'purple nebula' in honour of pop icon Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson), who passed away on Thursday.

The image shows a composite view of the Crab nebula, "an iconic supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy," as seen by Herschel and the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA released this image following the announcement that the pop music superstar had died at the age of 57 in Minnesota.

A purple nebula, in honor of Prince, who passed away today. https://t.co/7buFWWExMw pic.twitter.com/ONQDwSQwVa

— NASA (@NASA) April 21, 2016

Prince's 1984 album "Purple Rain" is often described as one of the greatest of all time.