This is an image of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 29th anniversary in space. The nebula, created by a binary star system ...

NASA releases STUNNING Hubble image of 'hourglass-shaped' star system ... It was not until 10 years later, in 1998, when the nebula first came into the view of Hubble, ...

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 29th anniversary in space. The nebula, created by a binary star system ...

Hourglass Nebula: This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to be an hourglass with an intricate pattern of "etchings" in its walls.

Hourglass Nebula: This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to be an hourglass with an intricate pattern of "etchings" in its walls.

Hubble captured an image of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula shaped like an hourglass, formed from a dying Sun-like star Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Sutherland has discovered a binary star system in the Hourglass Nebula, one of the most famous ...

The sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetary nebula. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, this brief but spectacular closing phase of MyCn18 - better known ...

Twin Jet Nebula: This is the image of a bipolar planetary nebula which showcases a binary system. Photo Credit: NASA Hourglass Nebula: It is a young planetary nebula located about 8000 light-years ...

The Hubble Space Telescope gave us a gift for its 29th birthday: This image of the Southern Crab Nebula. Located over 6,800 light-years from Earth, the hourglass-shaped formation of gas and dust ...