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NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula

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NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula

30 July 2025

Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of…

The image holds a planetary nebula, a glowing shell of material thrown off by a dying star. A glowing, jagged ring encircles a small central region of greenish clouds, making it appear like a hole torn in fabric. This “hole” is itself encircled by a band of silvery-blue clouds and a larger, fainter, yellow ring of gas. Puffy, smoky clouds of orange and red gas billow out from there into a large oval nebula, fading into the dark background of space dotted by stars.

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Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song

13 April 2025

The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal…