NASA frequently shares captivating videos, images, and space-related insights across its social media
platforms. Recently, the space agency shared an extraordinary celestial phenomenon called ‘cosmic
jewelry,’ located a staggering 15,000 light-years from Earth, through the lens of the Hubble Space
Telescope. This cosmic spectacle is nicknamed Necklace Nebula.
“It was created by a pair of aging, tightly orbiting Sun-like stars. One of the aging stars expanded and
engulfed its smaller companion, but the smaller star continued to orbit inside its larger companion,”
NASA said.
“This increased the bloated giant’s rotation rate until large parts of it spun outwards into space, and the
escaping ring of debris formed the Necklace Nebula, with particularly dense clumps of gas forming the
bright “diamonds” around the ring,” it added.
In the vivid depiction of the image, the space agency added, “A small, bright green region of gas is
surrounded by a ring of glowing cosmic material, concentrated in pale clumps that resemble diamonds
along a necklace. The rest of the image shows black space dotted with several bright stars and a couple
of small regions of dark red gas.”
