The 'eye in the sky': Breathtaking new pictures of the Helix Nebula, a dying star 650 light years from Earth
- Dying star captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
- Show's dying stars outer layers unraveling into space
Looking uncannily like a giant eye in the sky, the Helix Nebula has been captured in stunning new detail by a Nasa space telescope.
The breathtaking image shows a dying star is throwing a 'cosmic tantrum'.
It shows the star's dusty outer layers unraveling into space, glowing from the intense ultraviolet radiation being pumped out by the hot stellar core.
Looking uncannily like a giant eye in the sky, the Helix nebula lies 650 light-years away, in the constellation of Aquarius.
