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The diameter of this nebula's main cloud is 15.6 light-years across, which makes it almost 1 million times larger than the distance of the Earth to the Sun.
Most Universe Today readers are familiar with nebulae. They re gaseous structures lit up with radiation from nearby stars, and they re some of nature s most beautiful forms.
Astronomers have discovered a new type of nebulae around binary stars called galactic emission nebulae.
The research, published in Astrophysics and Astronomy, shows that binary star YY Hya has a strong UV excess. This suggests the existence of a hot and compact binary companion.
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