Hubble Sees a Star 'Inflating' a Giant Bubble
Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 10:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers are releasing today this new Hubble image of the Bubble Nebula to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Hubble telescope's launch into Earth orbit on April 24, 1990. The Bubble Nebula is a giant cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the brilliant star inside it.