Cygnus Loop Nebula Wall Art including Frame PopSocket Image credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

Image credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

ParisDidedrot) for the HOBYS key programme

Credit: NASA/ESA

it would be one of the brightest stars in the sky were it not largely obscured by dust clouds

Subsequent NASA missions

Cygnus Loop Nebula Wall Art including Frame PopSocket Image credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSWispy tendrils of hot dust and gas glow brightly in this ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop nebula, taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. The nebula lies about 1,500 light years away, and is a supernova remnant, left over from a massive stellar explosion that occurred between 5,000 to 8,000 years ago. The Cygnus Loop extends over three times the size of the full moon in the night sky, and is tucked next to one of the "swan's wings" in the