This current NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image,released to celebrate Hubble's 26th year in orbit, captures in stunning clarity what looks like a gigantic cosmic soap bubble. The thing, and known as the Bubble Nebula,is in fact a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the brilliant star within it. The vivid current portrait of this dramatic scene wins the Bubble Nebula a place in the exclusive Hubble hall of fame, following an impressive lineage of Hubble anniversary images.
Source: phys.org