This image, taken by NASA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the colorful last hurrah of a star like our Sun. The star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star remaining core.
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NASA ID
PIA09194
Date Created
February 13, 2007
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Jan 1, 1998