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Hubble captures death of a sun-like star

Rob Beschizza
Feb 13, 2026
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The Egg Nebula imaged by Hubble.

Rays of light beam from a mass of dust, glancing off banks of cloud 1,000 light years from Earth. The nebula glows not because its gases ionize but because the sun-like star at its center is nearing the end of its life. The Hubble Space Telescope captured the “final breaths of a dying star“ and the birth of “the first, yo…

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