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Brett Tingley

Cosmic crystal ball reveals an ancient dying star | Space photo of the day for May 22, 2026

NGC 1514, also known as the Crystal Ball Nebula, as seen by the Gemini North Telescope at Maunakea in Hawaii. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab))

A breathtaking image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii has us gazing into a cosmic crystal ball.

The image captures the Crystal Ball Nebula, or NGC 1514, a planetary nebula found some 1,500 light-years away from us in the constellation Taurus, the Bull.

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