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Incredible New Photo Of A Dying Star

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The Helix Nebula is a dying star that sits 650 light years away. Two NASA telescopes recently captured the incredible image.  

NASA writes

In death, the star's dusty outer layers are unraveling into space, glowing from the intense ultraviolet radiation being pumped out by the hot stellar core.

This is actually a preview of what our sun might look like when it dies in 5 billion years.

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