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Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula

Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula
Date taken Mon Feb 12 2007 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Helix Nebula · Spitzer Space Telescope Metadata JSON

Behind the image

This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.