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The Hubble Space Telescope captured new images of the Necklace Nebula, a dazzling cluster of stellar bodies which the European Space Agency (ESA) describes as “a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions.”
Born out of the interaction between two doomed stars, the intergalactic sight-to-see is located about 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the Sagitta Constellation. Appropriately named for its glamorous appearance, the Necklace Nebula formed its unique structure roughly 10,000 years ago, when an aging star widened and absorbed a smaller, neighboring star, producing what astronomers refer to as a “common envelope.” Bright, tightly packed gas clumps compose the diamond-like ring of debris, also known by its scientific name PN G054.203.4.
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Winter Solstice and the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
The shortest day in what feels like the longest year has arrived. Monday is the Winter Solstice. Sky gazers will have a special treat tonight - The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Viewers will see two bright stars left of where the sun sets.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year when the sun appears at its most southerly position, directly overhead at the faraway Tropic of Capricorn.
And in the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite is happening - meaning that the Winter Solstice in places like Australia, South Africa, and Argentina are seeing the longest day of the year, marking the beginning of their summer.