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Gaze Into a Cosmic Crystal Ball Unlike Anything Else In the Universe

9 June 2026 at 20:15

A glowing, cloud-like planetary nebula with a bright center surrounded by soft blue and white halos, set against a star-filled black background.

NOIRLab and the National Science Foundation's Gemini North telescope, located on Maunakea in Hawai'i, captured a mesmerizing photo of NGC 1514, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula. It looks a lot different than the photo the James Webb Space Telescope captured last year, and frankly, unlike nearly any other space photo.

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