From ground-based telescopes, the so-called "ant nebula" (Menzel 3, or Mz 3) resembles the head and thorax of a garden-variety ant. This dramatic NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, showing 10 times more detail, reveals the "ant's" body as a pair of fiery lobes protruding from a dying, Sun-lik...
By ASHESH DAS RUP
Location: Ant Nebula, Menzel 3, PN Mz 3, Norma Constellation
Tags: Hubble, Space, Norma, Universe, Nebulae, ESA