Hubble provides holistic view of stars gone haywire
Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
As nuclear fusion engines, most stars live placid lives for hundreds of millions to billions of years. But near the end of their lives they can turn into crazy whirligigs, puffing off shells and jets of hot gas. Hubble has dissected such crazy fireworks in two nearby young planetary nebulas.