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Levon Pogosian receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The work described in this article was enabled in part by support provided by the BC DRI Group and ...

Hubble image of the Egg Nebula. A disc of gas and dust surrounded by beams of light and concentric rings of dust. (SA / Hubble & NASA, B. Balick (University of Washington)) Hubble may no longer be the ...

It's well established that the universe is expanding, but there's serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it's happening. Two of our best ways of measuring the cosmic expansion rate, the ...

Space scientists have shown off an incredible image of a “space egg.” NASA said Tuesday the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in what’s called the Egg Nebula ...

The International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) will honor Roderick Hubble at their annual awards gala NEW ...

Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing hidden galaxies and gas from 9-11 billion years ago. By analyzing faint ...

Light emerges from a dusty disk ejected from a waning star's surface just a few hundred years ago in the Egg Nebula. Credit: ESA / NASA / B. Balick (University of Washington) A new Hubble Space ...

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Hubble captured an image of the Egg Nebula, a pre-planetary nebula 1,000 light-years away The Egg Nebula is the youngest, closest pre-planetary nebula discovered for detailed study It formed from a ...