Death of a Star

Take a good look at the picture of this nebula, this is how our solar system will look like in about 5 billion years or so. NGC 2371's glowing bubble of gas surrounding a white dwarf is a planetary nebula probably resulted in the explosion of an average star, relatively similar to the Su... [ read more >> ]

NGC 2371 planetary nebula, in false colors

Image comment: NGC 2371 planetary nebula, in false colors
Image credits: NASA/ESA - Hubble Space Telescope

NGC 2371 planetary nebula, in false colors