The Hubble Space Telescope has recently captured several remarkable astronomical images, including the Butterfly Nebula, a planetary nebula with a central dying star about five times the mass of the Sun, located approximately 3,400 light-years away. It emits ultraviolet radiation causing the glowing ejected gas shell. Additionally, Hubble has imaged 36 galaxies and a collage of 100 planetary nebulae. Astronomers have also confirmed the most distant black hole observed to date, located in galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9, existing around 500 million years after the Big Bang, roughly 13.3 billion years ago. This discovery pushes the limits of current detection capabilities and is part of ongoing efforts to explore early universe phenomena. Other notable observations include a pair of emerging stars in Lynds 483 shaping an hourglass-shaped cloud of gas and dust, which may eventually form stars similar in mass to the Sun. A unique supergiant star has been found to have expelled the largest cloud of ejected material ever recorded, spanning 1.4 light years (13 trillion kilometers). Furthermore, new X-ray emissions from young, Sun-like stars have been detected in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Scientific discussions and plans are underway regarding ambitious missions to study black holes, including proposals for spacecraft as small as a paperclip to reach black holes within the next century, with the goal of testing Einstein's theories. These developments highlight ongoing advancements in astrophysics and the capabilities of space telescopes to deepen our understanding of cosmic phenomena.
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Cosmic Butterfly The dying star at the center of the Butterfly Nebula had a mass about five times that of our Sun. But the star has shed its gas shell and is emitting a stream of ultraviolet radiation that makes the ejected material glow The nebula is located about 3,400 light https://t.co/6xEQwSdYRm