Hubble Captures Stunning Image Of Blue ‘Bubble’ In Deep Space
Lee Moran Trends Editor, The Huffington Post 02/28/2016
The stunning celestial sight was recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Circling the Wolf-Rayet star known as WR 31a, which is located in the constellation of Carina some 30,000 light-years from Earth, it’s actually an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other gases.
Scientists think the nebula formed 20,000 years ago when stellar winds interacted with outer layers of hydrogen ejected by the star.
Image: Sparkling at the center of this beautiful image is a star located about 30,000 light-years away. The distinctive blue bubble appearing to encircle the star is a nebula — an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other gases. The bubble — estimated to have formed around 20,000 years ago — is expanding at a rate of around 220,000 kilometers (136,700 miles) per hour! Details:http://go.nasa.gov/1QLO8Pj. NASA
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