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The Stingray nebula is fading fast, Hubble telescope photos reveal – Space.com
Photos from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
show the stunning Stingray nebula fading at an unprecedented rate.
The Stingray nebula, formally known as Hen 3-1357, is the youngest known planetary nebula
in our sky. However, Hubble images taken 20 years apart show a dramatic change in the nebula’s shape and brightness: Its once robust, bright blue clouds of interstellar dust and gas have nearly disappeared, according to a statement from NASA.
“This is very, very dramatic, and very weird,” Martín…
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