https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1 Made with mirth en-us 2018-03-05 15:37:32 UTC 2018-03-05 15:52:12 UTC hello@padlet.com 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238143644 2018-03-05 15:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238143644 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238144440 The Egg Nebula is about 3,000 light years away from Earth]]> 2018-03-05 15:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238144440 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238145147 The Egg Nebula was photographed by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 of the Hubble Space Telescope.]]> 2018-03-05 15:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238145147 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238146496 The Egg Nebula is a preplanetary nebula, which occurs as a dying star’s hot remains briefly illuminates material it has expelled, lighting up the gas and dust that surrounds it.]]> 2018-03-05 15:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238146496 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238147427 The Egg Nebula is the first of its kind to be identified]]> 2018-03-05 15:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238147427 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238148277 The star in the center of the Egg Nebula is casting away shells of gas and dust as it slowly transforms itself into a white dwarf star, similar to a baby chick pecking out of its shell.]]> 2018-03-05 15:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238148277 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238149162 The Egg Nebula is a rapidly evolving pre-planetary nebula]]> 2018-03-05 15:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238149162 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238149711 Thick dust blocks the center star from view, while the dust shells further out reflect light from this star]]> 2018-03-05 15:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238149711 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238150788 The Egg Nebula is in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan.]]> 2018-03-05 15:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238150788 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238151435 We can’t see the star directly, but four searchlight beams of light coming from it shine out through the nebula making it easier to identif]]> 2018-03-05 15:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238151435 60566 https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238152143 Scientists think that ring-shaped holes in the thick cocoon of dust, carved by jets coming from the star, let the beams of light emerge through the opaque cloud]]> 2018-03-05 15:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/60566/d0jvmjm86kv1/wish/238152143