Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatories to peer at the heart of the planetary nebula Abell 30. The planetary nebula Abell 30, located about 5,500 light years from Earth, as seen in X-rays and optical light by ESA’s XMM-Newton and KPNO (X-ray: ESA / XMM-Newton; optical: NSF / NOAO / KPNO). The inset shows a close-up view of Abell 30 as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope...
