Latest Picture of Helix Nebula!
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The dust from the comets that survived the death of their star is clouding the “eye” of the distant Helix nebula, reveals this image released by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The nebula, which is places around 700 light-years from Earth, is the colorful remnant of a dying sun like star that left off its outer layers to become a white dwarf.
Many such nebulae litter our galaxy, but the Helix nebula is among a few known to show evidence of cosmic survivors. There is a haze of red formed around the dead star at the center of the formation and is most probably caused by dust that comes from colliding comets, According to NASA scientists.
Before the star died, the comets that were present around it were orbiting in an orderly fashion. As the dying star increased in size, it blew the comets into each other’s paths, so that they now just are around and send dust moving around the white dwarf.