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Anthill
Image Credit: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: R. Sahai (Jet Propulsion Lab) and B. Balick (University of Washington)
The Hubble Space Telescope shows us another example of how our Sun might die in 5 billion years. The “Ant Nebula, ” or Menzel 3, shows two glowing bubbles coming out from the dying star. Astronomers are most curious about the equal shape of the bubble on either side of the star. This symmetry offers scientists a chance to come up with many different ideas on the cause.
A tadpole swimming in a starry sea
Credit: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA)
This tadpole, a galaxy called UGC 10214, has a tail made up of stars that’s 280,000 light years long. This odd spiral galaxy seems to be swimming through space. Long ago, the larger galaxy crashed with a smaller galaxy, seen above and to the left. The crash distorted and disrupted the Tadpole Galaxy leaving some stars behind.
Anthill
Image Credit: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: R. Sahai (Jet Propulsion Lab) and B. Balick (University of Washington)
The Hubble Space Telescope shows us another example of how our Sun might die in 5 billion years. The “Ant Nebula, ” or Menzel 3, shows two glowing bubbles coming out from the dying star. Astronomers are most curious about the equal shape of the bubble on either side of the star. This symmetry offers scientists a chance to come up with many different ideas on the cause.
A tadpole swimming in a starry sea
Credit: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA)
This tadpole, a galaxy called UGC 10214, has a tail made up of stars that’s 280,000 light years long. This odd spiral galaxy seems to be swimming through space. Long ago, the larger galaxy crashed with a smaller galaxy, seen above and to the left. The crash distorted and disrupted the Tadpole Galaxy leaving some stars behind.
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