Nebula – Astronomy Now

XMM-Newton’s view of the Crescent Nebula

10 December 2017 Astronomy Now

A young massive star that began life around 25 times more massive than our own Sun is shedding shells of material and fast winds to create this dynamic scene captured by ESA’s XMM-Newton.

The Calabash clash

6 February 2017 Stephen Clark

The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a spectacular example of the death of a low-mass star like the Sun.

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image we see the central Wolf-Rayet star known as Hen 2-427 — more commonly known as WR 124 — surrounded by the nebula M1-67. Both objects are found in the constellation of Sagitta some 15,000 light-years away. The hot clumps of gas ejected by the star into space are travelling at over 150,000 kilometres per hour.

Hubble Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape

2 October 2014 Astronomy Now

New observations of the Ring Nebula by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveal a new twist on an iconic nebula.