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The Bipolar Jets of KX Andromedae

By |2025-12-05T15:44:26-05:00December 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Blasting outward from variable star KX Andromedae, these stunning bipolar jets are 19 light-years long. Recently discovered, they are revealed in unprecedented detail in this deep telescopic image centered on KX And and composed from over 692 hours of combined image data. In fact, KX And is spectroscopically found to [...]

Dragon’s Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula

By |2024-04-24T09:09:06-04:00April 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day How did a star form this beautiful nebula? In the middle of emission nebula NGC 6164 is an unusually massive star. The central star has been compared to an oyster's pearl and an egg protected by the mythical sky dragons of Ara. The star, visible in the center of the [...]

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