Published 18:45 IST, November 3rd 2021

NASA Hubble shares incredible image of mysterious 'superbubble' in N44 nebula

NASA scientists have a new thing to ponder upon as the orbiting observatory has presented a new mysterious image of a "superbubble" between a nebula.

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Hubble Telescope never fails to amaze everyone as it keeps presenting spectacular ims from corners of universe that have been untouched yet. That said, NASA scientists have a new thing to ponder upon as orbiting observatory has presented a new mysterious im of a "superbubble" between a nebula. As NASA describes "complex" nebula, it is filled with glowing gases, lanes of dust and stars of all s but has a perplexing gap in middle. 

'Its presence is still a mystery': NASA

Located 1,70,000 light-years away from Earth, ncy says that presence of  nebula named N44 is still something of a mystery. Although, it is filled with glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, massive stars, and many populations of stars of different s, most distinctive feature of N44 is  gap called a “superbubble, that has been captured by Hubble telescope. 

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gap should t be mistaken for a regular one as it spans a massive 150 light-years. In its explanation, NASA said that it might have resulted from expulsion of gas from nebula's interior due to stellar winds. Presenting ar possibility, it stated that explosions might have sculpted hole. "Stellar winds expelled by massive stars in bubble's interior may have driven away gas, but this is inconsistent with measured wind velocities in bubble. Ar possibility, since nebula is filled with massive stars that would expire in titanic explosions, is that expanding shells of old supervae sculpted cosmic cavern", as per ministration. 

Since nebula, which spans 1,000 light-years, houses stars of all s, astromers have found one superva remnant in vicinity of superbubble and identified an approximately 5 million-year difference in between stars within and at rim of superbubble, indicating multiple, chain-reaction star-forming events. N44 is an emission nebula, which explains its majestic glow. bright light emerging from cosmic entity is accredited to cooling of its ionized gas from its higher-energy state to a lower-energy state, making it emit energy in form of light. If you look closely, deep-blue area in right-hand corner of im is brightest and one of hottest regions of nebula. 

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18:45 IST, November 3rd 2021