写真 | 2022年 07月 12日 05:23 JST

Space odyssey: Stunning images from the Hubble telescope

A Hubble telescope photograph of the iconic Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation. By comparing 1995 and 2014 pictures, astronomers noticed a lengthening of a narrow jet-like feature that may have been ejected from a newly forming star.
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A Hubble telescope photograph of the iconic Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation. By comparing 1995 and 2014 picmore

Reuters / 2015年 1月 7日 Wednesday

A Hubble telescope photograph of the iconic Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation. By comparing 1995 and 2014 pictures, astronomers noticed a lengthening of a narrow jet-like feature that may have been ejected from a newly forming star. REUTERS/NASA/ESA/Hubble

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The tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation Carina.

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The tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away from Earth in the soumore

Reuters / 2010年 4月 24日 Saturday

The tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation Carina. REUTERS/NASA

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An aesthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds featuring LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift in Orion's stellar nursery and still in its formative years, variable star LL Orionis produces a wind more energetic than the wind from our own middle-aged Sun.

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An aesthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds featuring LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebumore

Reuters / 2013年 2月 5日 Tuesday

An aesthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds featuring LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift in Orion's stellar nursery and still in its formative years, variable star LL Orionis produces a wind more energetic than the wind from our own middle-aged Sun. REUTERS/NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team

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A view of gas pillars in the M16 Eagle Nebula. REUTERS/NASA

Reuters / 2009年 5月 11日 Monday

A view of gas pillars in the M16 Eagle Nebula. REUTERS/NASA

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A section of the Tarantula Nebula, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud. The LMC is a small nearby galaxy that orbits our galaxy, the Milky Way, and appears as a blurred blob in our skies.

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A section of the Tarantula Nebula, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud. The LMC is a small nearby galaxymore

Reuters / 2014年 10月 21日 Tuesday

A section of the Tarantula Nebula, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud. The LMC is a small nearby galaxy that orbits our galaxy, the Milky Way, and appears as a blurred blob in our skies. REUTERS/NASA/ESA/Hubble

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A spiral galaxy known as NGC 1433, about 32 million light-years from Earth. REUTERS/ESA/Hubble/NASA

Reuters / 2014年 7月 12日 Saturday

A spiral galaxy known as NGC 1433, about 32 million light-years from Earth. REUTERS/ESA/Hubble/NASA

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Star V838 Monocerotis's - V838 Mon - light echo, which is about six light years in diameter.

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Star V838 Monocerotis's - V838 Mon - light echo, which is about six light years in diameter. REUTERS/ NASA,more

Reuters / 2011年 12月 4日 Sunday

Star V838 Monocerotis's - V838 Mon - light echo, which is about six light years in diameter. REUTERS/ NASA, ESA, H. E. Bond (STScI)

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Star cluster NGC 2060, a loose collection of stars in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.

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Star cluster NGC 2060, a loose collection of stars in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula Nebulamore

Reuters / 2012年 4月 21日 Saturday

Star cluster NGC 2060, a loose collection of stars in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. NASA/European Southern Observatory/Space Telescope Science Institute

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A view of the Whirlpool Galaxy's curving arms where newborn stars reside and its yellowish central core that serves as home for older stars.

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A view of the Whirlpool Galaxy's curving arms where newborn stars reside and its yellowish central core that smore

Reuters / 2006年 2月 6日 Monday

A view of the Whirlpool Galaxy's curving arms where newborn stars reside and its yellowish central core that serves as home for older stars. REUTERS/NASA

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One of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos shows several million young stars vying for attention amid a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a star-forming complex located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula.

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One of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos shows several million young stars vying for attenmore

Reuters / 2012年 4月 18日 Wednesday

One of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos shows several million young stars vying for attention amid a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a star-forming complex located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula. REUTERS/NASA/ESA

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An image of a small region within a hotbed of star formation M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, located about 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.

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An image of a small region within a hotbed of star formation M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, locamore

Reuters / 2009年 5月 23日 Saturday

An image of a small region within a hotbed of star formation M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, located about 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. REUTERS/NASA/ESA/J. Hester

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U Camelopardalis, or U Cam for short, a star nearing the end of its life located in the constellation of Camelopardalis, near the North Celestial Pole. REUTERS/ESA/Hubble, NASA and H. Olofsson

U Camelopardalis, or U Cam for short, a star nearing the end of its life located in the constellation of Camelmore

Reuters / 2012年 7月 8日 Sunday

U Camelopardalis, or U Cam for short, a star nearing the end of its life located in the constellation of Camelopardalis, near the North Celestial Pole. REUTERS/ESA/Hubble, NASA and H. Olofsson

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An image of the Eagle Nebula reveals a tall, dense tower of gas being sculpted by ultraviolet light from a group of massive, hot stars.

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An image of the Eagle Nebula reveals a tall, dense tower of gas being sculpted by ultraviolet light from a gromore

Reuters / 2009年 5月 26日 Tuesday

An image of the Eagle Nebula reveals a tall, dense tower of gas being sculpted by ultraviolet light from a group of massive, hot stars. REUTERS/NASA/Handout

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An image of the Antennae galaxies, as the two galaxies smash together, during which time billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters. The brightest and most compact of these are called super star clusters.

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An image of the Antennae galaxies, as the two galaxies smash together, during which time billions of stars aremore

Reuters / 2006年 10月 18日 Wednesday

An image of the Antennae galaxies, as the two galaxies smash together, during which time billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters. The brightest and most compact of these are called super star clusters. REUTERS/NASA, ESA/Hubble/B. Whitmore/Space Telescope Science Institute

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An image of the Pencil Nebula shows remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago. REUTERS/NASA

Reuters / 2006年 2月 8日 Wednesday

An image of the Pencil Nebula shows remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago. REUTERS/NASA

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Supernova remnant 0509-67.5, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy about 170,000 light-years from Earth.

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Supernova remnant 0509-67.5, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy about 170,000 light-years fmore

Reuters / 2012年 1月 12日 Thursday

Supernova remnant 0509-67.5, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy about 170,000 light-years from Earth. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, CXC, SAO, Hubble Heritage Team

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An image of the Bug Nebula shows impressive walls of compressed gas, laced with trailing strands and bubbling outflows. A dark, dusty torus surrounds the inner nebula (seen at the upper right). At the heart of the turmoil is one of the hottest stars known.

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An image of the Bug Nebula shows impressive walls of compressed gas, laced with trailing strands and bubbling more

Reuters / 2009年 5月 24日 Sunday

An image of the Bug Nebula shows impressive walls of compressed gas, laced with trailing strands and bubbling outflows. A dark, dusty torus surrounds the inner nebula (seen at the upper right). At the heart of the turmoil is one of the hottest stars known. REUTERS/HO/ESA/NASA/Albert Zijlstra

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The 'Black Eye' galaxy, so named because an ancient cosmic smashup produced a dark ring and a roiling, conflicted interior. What looks like a black eye in the image is actually a dark band of dust that stands out vividly in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus.

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The 'Black Eye' galaxy, so named because an ancient cosmic smashup produced a dark ring and a roiling, conflicmore

Reuters / 2009年 5月 24日 Sunday

The 'Black Eye' galaxy, so named because an ancient cosmic smashup produced a dark ring and a roiling, conflicted interior. What looks like a black eye in the image is actually a dark band of dust that stands out vividly in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus. REUTERS/NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team

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An image of a nebula about 170,000 light-years away. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

Reuters / 2008年 8月 14日 Thursday

An image of a nebula about 170,000 light-years away. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

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An image shows a giant star-forming nebula with massive young stellar clusters.

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An image shows a giant star-forming nebula with massive young stellar clusters. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and themore

Reuters / 2007年 10月 3日 Wednesday

An image shows a giant star-forming nebula with massive young stellar clusters. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage/Handout

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A pair of interacting galaxies consisting of NGC 5754, the large spiral on the right, and NGC 5752, the smaller companion in the bottom left. NGC 5754's internal structure has hardly been disturbed by the interaction. The outer structure does exhibit tidal features, as does the symmetry of the inner spiral pattern and the kinked arms just beyond its inner ring. In contrast, NGC 5752 has undergone a starburst episode, with a rich population of massive and luminous star clusters clumping around the core and intertwined with intricate dust lanes. The contrasting reactions of the two galaxies to their interaction are due to their differing masses and sizes.

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A pair of interacting galaxies consisting of NGC 5754, the large spiral on the right, and NGC 5752, the smallemore

Reuters / 2008年 4月 24日 Thursday

A pair of interacting galaxies consisting of NGC 5754, the large spiral on the right, and NGC 5752, the smaller companion in the bottom left. NGC 5754's internal structure has hardly been disturbed by the interaction. The outer structure does exhibit tidal features, as does the symmetry of the inner spiral pattern and the kinked arms just beyond its inner ring. In contrast, NGC 5752 has undergone a starburst episode, with a rich population of massive and luminous star clusters clumping around the core and intertwined with intricate dust lanes. The contrasting reactions of the two galaxies to their interaction are due to their differing masses and sizes. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team/ESA/Hubble Collaboration/W. Keel/University of Alabama

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An image of the Orion nebula shows four monstrously massive stars at the center of the cloud.

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An image of the Orion nebula shows four monstrously massive stars at the center of the cloud. REUTERS/ NASmore

Reuters / 2006年 11月 8日 Wednesday

An image of the Orion nebula shows four monstrously massive stars at the center of the cloud. REUTERS/ NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Megeath/University of Toledo/M. Robberto/STScI

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A massive star known as Eta Carinae in our Milky Way galaxy that experts believe might explode in a supernova in the astronomically near future.

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A massive star known as Eta Carinae in our Milky Way galaxy that experts believe might explode in a supernova more

Reuters / 2007年 6月 14日 Thursday

A massive star known as Eta Carinae in our Milky Way galaxy that experts believe might explode in a supernova in the astronomically near future. REUTERS/NASA/Handout

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The planet Jupiter is shown with one of its moons, Ganymede (bottom), in this NASA handout taken April 9, 2007. Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said. REUTERS/NASA/ESA and E. Karkoschka

The planet Jupiter is shown with one of its moons, Ganymede (bottom), in this NASA handout taken April 9, 2007more

Reuters / 2015年 3月 13日 Friday

The planet Jupiter is shown with one of its moons, Ganymede (bottom), in this NASA handout taken April 9, 2007. Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said. REUTERS/NASA/ESA and E. Karkoschka

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The staggering aftermath of an encounter between two galaxies, resulting in a ring-shaped galaxy and a long-tailed companion. The collision between the two parent galaxies produced a shockwave effect that first drew matter into the center and then caused it to propagate outwards in a ring.

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The staggering aftermath of an encounter between two galaxies, resulting in a ring-shaped galaxy and a long-tamore

Reuters / 2008年 4月 25日 Friday

The staggering aftermath of an encounter between two galaxies, resulting in a ring-shaped galaxy and a long-tailed companion. The collision between the two parent galaxies produced a shockwave effect that first drew matter into the center and then caused it to propagate outwards in a ring. REUTERS/NASA/ESA

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A view of AM 1316-241, made up of two interacting galaxies - a spiral galaxy in front of an elliptical galaxy. The starlight from the background galaxy is partially obscured by the bands and filaments of dust associated with the foreground spiral galaxy.

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A view of AM 1316-241, made up of two interacting galaxies - a spiral galaxy in front of an elliptical galaxy.more

Reuters / 2008年 4月 24日 Thursday

A view of AM 1316-241, made up of two interacting galaxies - a spiral galaxy in front of an elliptical galaxy. The starlight from the background galaxy is partially obscured by the bands and filaments of dust associated with the foreground spiral galaxy. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team/ESA/Hubble Collaboration/W. Keel/University of Alabama

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A view of Mars made from a series of exposures taken over a fify-two minute period.

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A view of Mars made from a series of exposures taken over a fify-two minute period. REUTERS/J. Bell/Cornelmore

Reuters / 2009年 5月 24日 Sunday

A view of Mars made from a series of exposures taken over a fify-two minute period. REUTERS/J. Bell/Cornell U/and M. Wolff

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An image of a type 2 Seyfert galaxy that lies 13 million light-years away in the southern constellation Circinus. The galaxy has a compact center and is believed to contain a massive black hole.

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An image of a type 2 Seyfert galaxy that lies 13 million light-years away in the southern constellation Circinmore

Reuters / 2009年 5月 21日 Thursday

An image of a type 2 Seyfert galaxy that lies 13 million light-years away in the southern constellation Circinus. The galaxy has a compact center and is believed to contain a massive black hole. REUTERS/NASA

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An image of galaxy NGC 1512 showing a monster area - 2,400 light-years across - filled with clusters of infant stars.

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An image of galaxy NGC 1512 showing a monster area - 2,400 light-years across - filled with clusters of infanmore

Reuters / 2009年 5月 21日 Thursday

An image of galaxy NGC 1512 showing a monster area - 2,400 light-years across - filled with clusters of infant stars. REUTERS/NASA

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The Hubble telescope took a close-up look at this heavenly icon, revealing the cloud's intricate structure. This detailed view of the horse's head was released April 24, 2001 to celebrate the orbiting observatory's eleventh anniversary. REUTERS/Handout

The Hubble telescope took a close-up look at this heavenly icon, revealing the cloud's intricate structure. Thmore

Reuters / 2006年 2月 7日 Tuesday

The Hubble telescope took a close-up look at this heavenly icon, revealing the cloud's intricate structure. This detailed view of the horse's head was released April 24, 2001 to celebrate the orbiting observatory's eleventh anniversary. REUTERS/Handout

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Image taken from Hubble space telescope shows a crater on an object called 8405 Asbolus, a 48 mile-wide chuck of ice and dust that lies between Saturn and Uranus. Astronomers using the telescope found what looks like a fresh water crater less than 10 million years old, exposing underlying ice that is apparently unlike any yet seen. REUTERS/Handout

Image taken from Hubble space telescope shows a crater on an object called 8405 Asbolus, a 48 mile-wide chuck more

Reuters / 2006年 2月 6日 Monday

Image taken from Hubble space telescope shows a crater on an object called 8405 Asbolus, a 48 mile-wide chuck of ice and dust that lies between Saturn and Uranus. Astronomers using the telescope found what looks like a fresh water crater less than 10 million years old, exposing underlying ice that is apparently unlike any yet seen. REUTERS/Handout

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A bizarre comet-like X-pattern of filamentary structures circling about 90 million miles from Earth. It is believed the object was created by the collision of two asteroids.

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A bizarre comet-like X-pattern of filamentary structures circling about 90 million miles from Earth. It is belmore

Reuters / 2010年 2月 3日 Wednesday

A bizarre comet-like X-pattern of filamentary structures circling about 90 million miles from Earth. It is believed the object was created by the collision of two asteroids. REUTERS/NASA/ESA

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The first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away.

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The first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times Jmore

Reuters / 2008年 11月 14日 Friday

The first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away. REUTERS/NASA/ESA

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An image of a ghostly ring of dark matter in a galaxy cluster designated Cl 0024 17. Astronomers call the ring one of the strongest pieces of evidence to date for the existence of dark matter and suggest the ring was produced from a collision between two gigantic clusters.

REUTERS/NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford/Johns Hopkins University/Handout

An image of a ghostly ring of dark matter in a galaxy cluster designated Cl 0024 17. Astronomers call the ringmore

Reuters / 2007年 5月 16日 Wednesday

An image of a ghostly ring of dark matter in a galaxy cluster designated Cl 0024 17. Astronomers call the ring one of the strongest pieces of evidence to date for the existence of dark matter and suggest the ring was produced from a collision between two gigantic clusters. REUTERS/NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford/Johns Hopkins University/Handout

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A coil-shaped Helix Nebula showing a fine web of filamentary 'bicycle-spoke' features embedded in the colorful red and blue ring of gas. At 650 light-years away, the Helix is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth. A planetary nebula is the glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star.

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A coil-shaped Helix Nebula showing a fine web of filamentary 'bicycle-spoke' features embedded in the colorfulmore

Reuters / 2009年 5月 23日 Saturday

A coil-shaped Helix Nebula showing a fine web of filamentary 'bicycle-spoke' features embedded in the colorful red and blue ring of gas. At 650 light-years away, the Helix is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth. A planetary nebula is the glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star. REUTERS/NASA

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