Unique 'cosmic sprinkler' nebula with two stars at its centre

ESO’s Very Large Telescope has discovered a pair of stars orbiting each other at the centre of a unique cosmic sprinkler

Astronomers say the discovery is one the most remarkable examples of a planetary nebula ever seen.
It also proves a long-debated theory about what controls the spectacular and symmetric appearance of the material flung out into space.
When a star with a mass up to eight times that of the Sun approaches the end of its life, it blows off its outer shells and begins to lose mass, the researchers say
This allows the hot, inner core of the star to radiate strongly, causing this outward-moving cocoon of gas to glow brightly as a planetary nebula.

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I can see a face in the Nebula and it reminds me of
Edvard Munch's The Scream


Cran

Cool I love space and love all the new sights you lot show me
That Scream gif will give me nightmares now .

Cool I love space and love all the new sights you lot show me

The Scream in Space

Cran