Zoom, enhance 🔍 @NASAWebb zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of a spectacular light show – and t…
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Zoom, enhance 🔍 @NASAWebb zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of a spectacular light show – and the possible eventual fate of our own Sun and solar system. At the heart of this nearby nebula is a dying star shedding off gas. The blistering winds of hot gas from the star crash into colder shells of dust and gas that were shed earlier in the star’s life. Like oil trying to push through water, the differences in density (and speed) of the material give the nebula this…