In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel and expand, potentially engulfing Earth.
These end phases of a stars life can be absolutely stunning as holds true with this planetary nebula called the Helix Nebula.
Astronomers study these items by looking at all sort of light.
This images show X-rays from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory (magenta), optical light data from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope (orange, light blue), infrared information from the European Southern Observatory VISTA telescope (gold, dark blue), and ultraviolet data from GALEX (purple) of the Helix Nebula.Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/ Univ Mexico/S.
Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M.
Meixner)/ NRAO (T.A.
Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J.
Emerson; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/ K.
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Image Credits - NASA