# @hubbleesa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYCWI7-oO1w
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65297898-hubbleesa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b0203c8d9b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-07T12:00:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hubble Space Telescope (@hubbleesa) — https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa

## Caption

Our #HubbleTopImage features a celestial bauble 🪩⁠
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This sphere of gas appears to float serenely through space. Its apparent calm, however, hides an inner turmoil – it formed as a supernova’s expanding blast wave and ejected material tore through the nearby interstellar medium! 💥⁠
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Ripples in the shell’s surface may be caused either by subtle variations in the density of the ambient interstellar gas, or by fragments from the initial explosion. The bubble-shaped shroud of gas is 23 light-years across and is expanding at more than 18 million km/h.⁠
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For more information check the link in bio.⁠
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📷 NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgement: J. Hughes (Rutgers University)⁠
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#ESA #Hubble

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hubble, hubbletopimage, esa

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