Dying star resembles a billowing crystal ball in new telescope photo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A dying star has never looked so lovely. The Gemini North Telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest peak, Mauna Kea, captured the star in its last gasps. The image was released Thursday by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, which operates the telescope. It’s actually a binary star system 1,500 light-years away, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula because of the milky white, spherical cloud around it. A light-year is almost 6 trillion miles. This cloud of gas a...
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