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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on December 17, 2010, 04:54

Title: Space Pictures This Week: Cosmic Gem, Sun Burp, Vegas
Post by: sam on December 17, 2010, 04:54

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Is it a massive opal? A huge holiday ornament? A multicolored stargate? No, it's the leftover cloud of hot gas and dust created by a star that ended its life in a violent explosion.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/photogalleries/101215-best-space-pictures-las-vegas-sun-science-hubble-mars-midwest-snowstorm-124/

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Cosmic Gem, Sun Burp, Vegas
Post by: Clive on December 17, 2010, 11:36

Planetary nebulae and supernova remnants always float my boat.   8-)