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Astrophotographer captures colorful portrait of the Lion Nebula in a glowing field of hydrogen gas
green and blue) light, the image features a deep wide field view of Sh2-132 immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas. The nebula's energetic matter is dense enough to contract under ...
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3D structure of iconic Ring Nebula gives 'a brand new view of an old astronomical friend'
One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a bygone sun-like star about 2,000 ...
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What Is a Nebula?
Blue in the filaments in the outer part of the nebula represents neutral oxygen, green is singly-ionized sulfur, and red indicates doubly-ionized oxygen. Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A.
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Astrophotographer captures Comet C/2023 E1 Atlas in rare encounter with Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
the very faint bipolar shape of this planetary nebula (stars like our sun transform themselves into white dwarfs by casting off their outer gaseous) is distinguished here by the blue-green ...
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Manchester astronomer captures stunning images of the Ring Nebula on James Webb Space Telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57. The images, released today by an international team of astronomers ...
7 unseen images of Space captured by NASA
The ring-shaped clouds around the nebula RCW 120 were detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in this composite image. The Black Eye Galaxy is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million ...