Veil Nebula, NGC 6960, Cygnus Loop. Credit: Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the expanding remains of Veil Nebula, a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago. The debris is one of the best-known supernova remnants, deriving its name from its delicate, draped filamentary structures. The entire nebula is 110 light-years across, covering 6 full moons on the sky as seen from Earth, and resides about 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan.
This view is a mosaic of 6 Hubble pictures of a small area roughly 2 light-years across, covering only a tiny fraction of the nebula’s vast structure.
This close-up look unveils wisps of gas, which are all that remain of w...
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