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Spirograph Eye

28 September 2009 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

Glow­ing with many col­ors, the plan­e­tary neb­ula called the Spiro­graph Neb­ula, shows the last stage of a star’s life. After run­ning out of hydro­gen fuel, the star at the cen­ter grew to a huge red giant. Then the star shed its outer lay­ers, cre­at­ing a bub­ble in space. Even­tu­ally the small hot core left behind will become a white dwarf.

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