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Cat’s Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope

By |2025-07-21T13:44:26-04:00July 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with familiar shapes as perhaps cats are for getting into trouble. Still, no known cat could have created the vast Cat's Paw Nebula visible toward the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). At 5,700 light years distant, Cat's Paw is an emission nebula [...]

Halo of the Cat’s Eye

By |2025-04-16T09:09:07-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created the unusual halo around the Cat's Eye Nebula? No one is sure. What is sure is that the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae on the sky. Although haunting symmetries are seen in the bright central region, this image was taken [...]

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