It looks like a soap bubble. It is called a planetary nebula. See a bigger picture and technical description at the NASA website: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081113.html

Science fascinates me and I vary from day-to-day, even hour-to-hour, on which branch excites me more. Right now it is astronomy. Unlike so many on both sides of [...]]]>

Soap Bubble In Space

It looks like a soap bubble. It is called a planetary nebula. See a bigger picture and technical description at the NASA website: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081113.html

Science fascinates me and I vary from day-to-day, even hour-to-hour, on which branch excites me more. Right now it is astronomy. Unlike so many on both sides of the debate I do not see a battle between a belief in God and the study of science. I may be more simple-minded than some and therefore not able to see the issues properly.

I do not see a battle between my belief that the heavens declare the glory of God and my belief that modern science does a fabulous job of exploring and explaining the world and the heavens.

Read more about it here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327185.100

And an in-depth story on its discovery is The Story Behind the Discovery of “The Cygnus Bubble” PN G 75.5+1.7.