Planetary Nebulae

Researchers reviewing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope recently came upon quite the stunning find when they uncovered a trove of images offering a detailed look at the splitting of two planetary nebulas. A planetary nebula is the result of a star shedding its outermost layers once it has run out of fuel to burn, often taking either a ring-shaped or bubble-like form after the star’s gases expand into space. The planetary nebulae researchers focused their attention on were NGC 6302 and NGC 7027. Although pictures of both nebulae had been captured by Hubble previously, neither of the nebulae had […]