Posts Tagged ‘planetary nebula’
Whorls of an Old Star
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
A odd-shaped whorl of gas and dust surround a star that has reached the end of its life.
Necklace of Light
Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A dazzling cosmic necklace glows in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
“H” is for Hamburger
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Would you like fries with that giant cosmic hamburger? Gomez’s Hamburger is a strange planetary nebula that resembles the upright bars of the letter H in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. It doesn’t take much imagination to add the bar across the middle to complete the shape of the letter. Astronomers thought the nebula looked like a hamburger. Actually, it’s a sun-like star nearing the end of its life. The central star, which we cannot see in this image, expelled large amounts of gas and dust and may one day develop a more familiar colorful, glowing planetary nebula.
Glowing Waves Make 4
Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA
Glowing waves of material ejected from a dying star trace out the number four in this image of IC 4634 from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
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