Purple Haze: Skywatcher Snaps Stunning Photo of Dumbbell Nebula

Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 18:30 in Astronomy & Space

This type of emission nebula forms when a star dies and emits a glowing shell of gas.

Read the whole article on Space.com

More from Space.com

Learn more about

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net