
Researchers using NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA have captured infrared images of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like star. This image is of the planetary Nebula M2-9.
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NASA ID
PIA15420
Date Created
March 29, 2012
Center
JPL
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