nebula
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Watch This Star Tragically Die In A Fart Nebula
Perishing alone in space — in a gaseous cloud of stench — ranks pretty highly on the list of Terrible Ways to Die. Sadly, that was the fate of one unfortunate star trapped in the Calabash Nebula, nicknamed the “Rotten Egg Nebula” due to its high sulphur content. If you’ve ever smelled sulphur — or…
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An Optical Illusion Fooled Astronomers Into Thinking There Was An Extra Nebula Here For Almost A Decade
How many nebulas do you think are in this photo? Careful, the answer is not quite what it seems.
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Totally Spectacular Flyover Through The Veil Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope took a new image of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant from a star that exploded 8,000 years ago, and made this truly spectacular flyover visualisation of the beautiful ripple in space that you can see below. In the 3D visualisation, red is sulphur, green is hydrogen and blue is oxygen.
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Beautiful Tilt-Shift Photos Turn The Universe Into Precious Jewels
The universe is an incredible place that defies belief. We take it for granted because the distances and scale is so alien to our little tiny pale blue dot that our brains can’t even process them. Maybe that’s why Italian artist St. Tesla turns galaxies and nebulae into tiny precious jewels.