The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the clearest image of the Egg Nebula

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Telescope has enabled astronomers to unravel many mysteries. And although the James Webb Space Telescope is more efficient, Hubble continues to be useful to scientists. Recently, it revealed the most detailed image to date of the Egg Nebula.

Located about 1,000 light-years from Earth, it is the youngest and closest nebula ever discovered. One of the important details about this structure is that it is in an early stage of its evolution. To obtain an image like this, it is important to note that Hubble had already observed this nebula in 1997, 2003, and in 2012. It is by combining the 2012 image with additional observations that this result was achieved.

And if we look at the details of this image, which is the clearest to date, we can see twin beams located on either side of the star and passing through concentric arcs. That's not all, because according to astronomers, their shapes and movements suggest that there are gravitational interactions with companion stars that are hidden inside this structure.

Thus, the Egg Nebula is in a transitional phase, known as the pre-planetary stage, which lasts only a few thousand years. And this could enable astronomers to better understand this phase, but also to unravel certain mysteries surrounding nebulae.