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Bizarre Case of a Red Rectangle
Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA
In early images, a bizarre red rectangle surrounds the star HD 44179. But a closer look by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a complex X-shaped nebula of glowing gas around the distant star.
Spacey Tree
Credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech/P.S. Teixeira (Center for Astrophysics)
Whether you see a Christmas tree or snowflake, this nebula represents winter. Trace the dim triangular pattern of the tree in the wisps of green and yellow. Or follow the pattern of a snowflake in the center group of stars in this Spitzer Space Telescope image of the Christmas Tree Nebula.
Growing Eye
Credit: NASA, ESA, and H. Bond (STScI)
Before 2002, this “eye” in space went unnoticed. The dim star underwent an outburst that for a short time increased its brightness more than 600,000 times that of our Sun. Ever since the dramatic brightening, astronomers have been turning NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope back to watch a light show unfold.
Red Rectangle
Credit: NASA/ESA, Hans Van Winckel (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) and Martin Cohen (University of California, USA)
Amazing ladder-like detail surrounds a dying star in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Called the Red Rectangle because of its shape and color from Earth, this nebula has features like a spider’s web. Astronomers have not seen these features in any other nebula.
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