NASA Reveals A Stunning New Version Of Hubble Telescope Image Of The Veil Nebula! – Mashable India

NASA Hubble recently shared a stunning image of a veil nebula that has left netizens awestruck. The image was shared by NASA and its Hubble official Instagram page. Ever since its posting, the image has received over 1 million likes and 3,000 comments.

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The caption for the image states, formed from the death of a massive star about 20 times the size of our Sun, the Veil Nebula proves that surprising astronomical beauty can come from stellar violence. This newly processed #HubbleFriday image only shows a small portion of the nebula, which is about 2,100 light-years away. Check it out:

NASA explains that the image reveals a small section of the expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago. The reason it looks so mesmerizing is that it is a mosaic of six Hubble pictures of a small area roughly two light-years across, covering only a tiny fraction of the nebulas vast structure.

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Veil Nebula is one of the best-known supernova remnants and gets its name from its delicate, draped filamentary structures, states NASA. The entire nebula is 110 light-years across, covers six full moons on the sky as seen from Earth, and is located at about 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan.

NASA Hubble also shared another beautiful image of the remains of a star that exploded as a supernova about 600 years ago! The image looks like something out a magical fairytale! Ever since its posting, the image has gathered over 89,000 likes and 200 comments. Check it out:

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NASA Reveals A Stunning New Version Of Hubble Telescope Image Of The Veil Nebula! - Mashable India