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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2025 April 15   
        A starfield is dominated by a multi-colored figure 8 in the middle,   
      titled on a diagonal. The outsides of the nebula appear light colored,   
      while the inside shows complex structure tinted red and purple. Please   
                see the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                        Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb   
       Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. E. Ressler (JPL) et al.; Processing:   
                                   Judy Schmidt   
      
      Explanation: What happens when a star runs out of nuclear fuel? For   
      stars like our Sun, the center condenses into a white dwarf while the   
      outer atmosphere is expelled into space to appear as a planetary   
      nebula. The expelled outer atmosphere of planetary nebula NGC 1514   
      appears to be a jumble of bubbles -- when seen in visible light. But   
      the view from the James Webb Space Telescope in infrared, as featured   
      here, confirms a different story: in this light the nebula shows a   
      distinct hourglass shape, which is interpreted as a cylinder seen along   
      a diagonal. If you look closely at the center of the nebula, you can   
      also see a bright central star that is part of a binary system. More   
      observations might better reveal how this nebula is evolving and how   
      the central stars are working together to produce the interesting   
      cylinder and bubbles observed.   
      
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