
This is an artist concept, based on data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, of graphene, buckyballs and C70 superimposed on an image of the Helix planetary nebula, a puffed-out cloud of material expelled by a dying star.
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NASA ID
PIA14548
Date Created
August 15, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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