Gallery: Space Photos of the Week: A Star Named Nasty

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    <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1520/">ESO</a>
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    ESO’s Very Large Telescope images the Medusa Nebula

    Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. As the star at the heart of this nebula made its transition into retirement, it shed its outer layers into space, forming this colourful cloud. The image foreshadows the final fate of the Sun, which will eventually also become an object of this kind.
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    <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1520c/">ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2</a>
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    Wide-field view of the sky around the Medusa Nebula

    Wide-field view of the sky around the Medusa Nebula.
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/coronal-loops-over-a-sunspot-group">NASA, SDO</a>
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    Coronal Loops Over a Sunspot Group.
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/hubble-revisits-tangled-ngc-6240 ">NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage</a>
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    Hubble revisits tangled NGC 6240

    Hubble Revisits Tangled NGC 6240.
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    <a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/21/full/">NASA</a>, <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/">ESA</a>, and J. Mauerhan
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    Hubble Observes One-of-a-Kind Star Nicknamed 'Nasty'.
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    <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA19663">NASA/JPL-Caltech</a>
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    Rover's Reward for Climbing: Exposed Geological Contact.
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    <a href="http://www.aao.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/galaxy-snacking-habits-revealed">Angel Lopez-Sanchez (AAO/MQU) and Baerbel Koribalski (CSIRO)</a>
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    Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed.
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