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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

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has captured this striking image

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of a dying star
called the Egg Nebula.

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About 5000 years ago

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the star began periodically ejecting

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shells of gas and dust.

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Over the last 400 years,

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twin lobes of material have burst forth.

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The central star is hidden

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behind a dense, dusty disk.

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The dust disk and bipolar lobes

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block the light from the star,

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creating a searchlight effect.

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These features can be explored in depth

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within Hubble's new Egg Nebula image.