A blue shell of gas resembling a bubble fills the lower left half of the image. Regions of dust and gas glowing in yellow, green, and orange fill the rest of the image.

Bubble Nebula

In 2016, NASA released this visible-light image of the Bubble Nebula taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. Updates to the telescope have ushered in better resolution, wider wavelength coverage, and a new generation of groundbreaking discoveries.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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