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This image shows the Egg Nebula (CRL 2688), a rare and short-lived phase in the life of a dying star, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Located about 1,000 light-years away, the Egg Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula, meaning the star at its center is transitioning from a red giant into a planetary nebula. Hubble reveals intricate jets, arcs, and dust shells being expelled from the star as intense stellar winds push material outward into space. The dark lanes seen in the image are thick clouds of dust that block visible light, while brighter regions mark areas where starlight escapes and reflects off surrounding gas. This brief stage lasts only a few thousand years, making objects like the Egg Nebula rare cosmic snapshots of how Sun-like stars end their lives and enrich the universe with the elements needed to form new stars and planets.

Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble



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