This nebula is the remains of a massive star, roughly 20 times the mass of the Sun, that exploded in a supernova and left behind the glowing tendrils of gas now seen in the latest Hubble observations.

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The Necklace Nebula, formed by two doomed stars, glows with bright gas clumps like a cosmic diamond ring. Located 15,000 light-years away in the Sagitta constellation, it shines as a stunning ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous supernova remnant. The Veil Nebula is roughly 2,400 light-years away in ...

Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sankrit One of the most famous and beautiful cosmic ...

Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous—and frequently photographed—supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the sun that exploded about ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in an ever-expanding cosmos. This breakthrough led to the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young central star cluster called Dolidze 25, located outside of the image frame.

The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering ... ancestors were just beginning to farm. This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to ...