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The Infrared Helix

The Infrared Helix — Date taken Mon Jan 09 2006 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Helix Nebula · Spitzer Space Telescope Metadata JSON

Behind the image

The Helix nebula exhibits complex structure on the smallest visible scales. It is composed of gaseous shells and disks puffed out by a dying sun-like star.

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