Nebulae
NASA’s Hubble Captures Light Show Around Rapidly Dying Star
NASA’s Hubble Captures Light Show Around Rapidly Dying Star NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured the clearest view yet of the Egg Nebula, a pre-planetary nebula located approximately 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The Egg Nebula features a central star obscured by a dense cloud of dust, with twin beams from the dying […]
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Hubble Snaps Stellar Baby Pictures
Hubble Snaps Stellar Baby Pictures Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning images of newly developing stars shrouded in thick dust, providing valuable insights into massive star formation theories. The telescope’s near-infrared emission detection capabilities allow researchers to study “outflow cavities” formed by protostars’ jets of gas and dust, shedding light on the properties of young […]
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Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster: A new image from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light-years away. The image showcases the second-largest star-forming region in the galaxy, called N11, where gas clouds coalesce into new […]
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Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song
Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song Hubble has captured an image of Kohoutek 4-55, a planetary nebula located 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, showcasing the star’s final display before it exhausts its fuel. The image features swirling clouds of ionized atoms thrown into space by a dying star, with different colors indicating the […]
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