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 ...