Jumbo jellyfish or massive star?
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
Some might see a blood-red jellyfish in a forest of seaweed, while others might see a big, red eye or a pair of lips. In fact, the red-coloured object in this new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a sphere of stellar innards, blown out from a humongous star...