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The project uses Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, an instrument capable of resolving individual star clusters and nebulae in galaxies located tens of millions of light-years away.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

These glowing structures form two long, narrow nebulae driven by intense activity around a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

That’s why such nebulae are often called stellar nurseries.

From Space Scoop • Oct. 31, 2025

His measurements marked the end of the Great Debate about the Milky Way’s size and the nature of the nebulae.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

But as the stars that outline a spiral arm burn out, new stars and their associated nebulae are formed just behind them, and the spiral pattern persists.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan