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The Claw and Bubble Nebulae

By |2026-04-01T16:44:25-04:00April 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What unexpected things do you see when you look up at the night sky? Today’s image resembles an abstract painting, with large swaths of color strewn across a cosmic canvas seemingly without design. Despite the image's abstract nature, the human mind finds patterns, identifying a large claw reaching up towards [...]

A Tale of Two Nebulae

By |2025-08-22T13:44:25-04:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day This colorful telescopic view towards the musical northern constellation Lyra reveals the faint outer halos and brighter central ring-shaped region of M57, popularly known as the Ring Nebula. To modern astronomers M57 is a well-known planetary nebula. With a central ring about one light-year across, M57 is definitely not a [...]

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