Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured the Cat’s Eye nebula, or NGC 6543, is a well-studied example of a planetary nebula. Such objects are the glowing remnants of dust and gas expelled from moderate-sized stars during their last stages of life.
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PIA11827
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March 12, 2009
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