NASA released the image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76 or M76, to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the April 24, 1990, launch of the space observatory. The nebula ...
As seen in the Hubble image, the star's outer layers form a dumbbell ... a little over seven minutes!" the Hubble team said in the statement. Although M76 is classified as a "planetary nebula ...