To celebrate this birthday, Hubble scientists have shared a new image showing the striking Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, which is located 3,400 light-years away. The nebula ...

I n celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA's legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76 ...

Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. It is classified as a planetary nebula, an ...

The nebula is about five light-years wide ... hydrogen (green), and doubly ionized oxygen (blue). The name 'Little Dumbbell' comes from its shape that is a two-lobed structure of colorful ...

Planetary nebulae are generated from an expanding shell of gas surrounding an aging star. The Ring Nebula, the Little Dumbbell Nebula and the Owl Nebula will all be well placed.