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Hubble captures stunning, clearest image yet of the Egg Nebula

NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has captured its clearest image yet of the Egg Nebula, a pre-planetary nebula situated almost 1,000 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation. The nebulas central star is hidden behind a dense dust cloud, with twin beams of light escaping through polar openings to illuminate concentric arcs of gas and dust. As a rare example of a late-stage Sun-like star nearing the planetary nebula phase, the Egg Nebula offers astronomers a unique opportunity to study stellar evolution, mass ejection, and the processes that seed dust for planet formation across the galaxy.

12 Feb 2026 1:46 am