apod.nasa.gov — Haunting patterns within planetary nebula NGC 6543 readily suggest its popular moniker -- the Cat's Eye nebula. Starting in 1995, stunning false-color optical images from the Hubble Space Telescope detailed the swirls of this glowing nebula, known to be the gaseous shroud expelled from a dying sun-like star about 3,000 light-years from Earth.
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sliftyAug 4, 2008
... why am I even slightly tempted to see where that leads. I think there's something wrong with me.
alcavitAug 4, 2008
yes truly amazing
cubeforceAug 4, 2008
Actually more like 500 million years, because the sun will get too hot for the earth to sustain all the life it has now.Gotta start figuring out a way to push the earth a bit further away from the sun!
halsfieldAug 4, 2008
would it be better if it were filled with weasels? surely not.
isaiah1112Aug 4, 2008
You know, (WARNING!!! RANT AHEAD) I am beginning to tire of these APOD and xkcd comic "stories" which are posted every day whether they are truly "digg worthy" or not. If something is cool, submit it to digg, otherwise don't! If what you are submitting is a "story" that is posted every day then add it to your RSS reader. Posting it to digg just takes up space on the front page and keeps other truly "digg worthy" stories from becoming popular!Just a short rant but it really is beginning to bother me! (Let the kicks in the teeth roll!)
thuktunAug 4, 2008
And I'm beginning to tire of those that can't just bury but feel they have to post a complaint to each and every one of whatever it is they don't like.