The Helix Nebula, also known as NGC 7293, is a large planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Planetary nebulae like the Helix are sculpted late in a Sun-like star’s life by a torrential gush of gases escaping from the dying star. They have nothing to do with planet formation, but got their name because they look like planetary disks when viewed through a small telescope.
Credit: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson.
This beautiful supernova remnant is the product of a huge stellar explosion in our neighboring galaxy — the Small Magellanic Cloud (📷 : NASA)
Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn
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Milky Way from Lake Cuyamaca js
a night with the stars will usually help
By: Jonah Reenders
Click on the image above to see a HD sweep of the surface of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft! This is a short post made to accompany my other Pluto post here!
Credits: NASA/New Horizons/Jhu
Running Man Nebula
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Uranus’ icy moon Miranda wowed scientists during the Voyager encounter with its dramatically fractured landscapes.
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