Nebula sparkles in new Hubble snapshot | Space photo of the day for April 23, 2026

来源: Space.com

A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a spectacular nebula in all its glory. (And yes, it does kind of look like a cosmic sea slug.)

While this is a massive cloud of dust and gas where stars are created, in this new image, the nebula looks a bit like a sea slug, some have pointed out.

In the image, the nebula has a “body” made out of dust and gas and even a “horn” or “antenna” that is actually part of a plasma jet ejected by a young protostar in the nebula.