NASA's Hubble Captures Picture of Big Star 'Herschel 36' That is 32 Times the Size of the Sun! (See Pic)

NASA on its official Instagram handle dropped an image of Herschel 36, which is a star located at the centre of the Lagoon Nebula, in the constellation Sagittarius, around 4,000 light-years away.

NASA's Hubble Captures Picture of Big Star Herschel 36 (Photo Credits: Instagram)

NASA has recently shared an image that showed the giant star Herschel 36,  at the centre of the Lagoon Nebula. The star is '200,000 times brighter than the Sun' and is located around 4,000 light-years away. Sharing the mesmerizing image on Instagram NASA wrote, "This massive star is still young in a cosmic sense, roughly 1 million years old, and is throwing off its natal cocoon of material – ionized gasses like hydrogen and nitrogen". NASA Finds Novel Ways To Track Climate Change and Groundwater Loss Across Planet.

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