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Weighing in on the Dumbbell Nebula

Weighing in on the Dumbbell Nebula
Date taken Wed Aug 10 2011 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Helix Nebula · Spitzer Space Telescope Metadata JSON

Behind the image

The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. Planetary nebulae are now known to be the remains of stars that once looked a lot like our sun.