In its post, NASA has said that the ‘snowman’ is actually a diffusion nebula. The diffused clouds of gas are charged to the extent that they are glowing. The energy for this ‘charging’ has been provided by nearby massive stars. The ‘snowman’ is visible in the upper part of the image
And now, the US space agency has captured image of a “snowman” which is about 6000 light-years away from Earth. The image has been captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the trusty ol’ piece of tech that was humanity’s most advansed eye in the sky before James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took over. Hubble telescope is still working fine and sending us nice pics of celestial objects .The world is still in the throes of winter and it’s only natural that we ascribe meaning to celestial structures as we warm our…hands to fend off the chill. And National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) leaves no lens unturned as it clicks pictures of wonders in space.According to the agency, the captured image has been categorized as an “emission nebula.” These are “diffuse clouds of gas that have been energized by the proximity of massive stars, resulting in them radiating light independently.” The space agency further explained that the radiation emitted by these massive stars induces ionization, wherein electrons are stripped from the hydrogen atoms in the nebula.
