Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2026

14 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2026 ASTRO PUBLISHING Lion Nebula roars to life for Webb by NASA/ESA/CSA Bethany Downer & Christine Pulliam O bserving across the starry “plains” of space, the NASA/ ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Tele- scope previously viewed this plane- tary nebula in 2000, imaging the lion face-shaped target in visible light and revealing features such as the “mane” of hazy, comet-shaped