Space / 2009-03-12
Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All
Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All
NASA's image library records Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
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.