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APOD: X-Rays From the Cat's Eye Nebula

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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  • Kanele, on 08/04/2008, -3/+9that's a beauty!
  • Lucas123, on 08/04/2008, -0/+4Sorry. My God. It's full of star.
  • disrupter, on 08/04/2008, -1/+3With an asteroid belt
  • Halsfield, on 08/04/2008, -0/+2would it be better if it were filled with weasels? surely not.
  • lenninct, on 08/04/2008, -3/+5Awesome,, and its only 3000 light years from here....
  • Thuktun, on 08/04/2008, -1/+2And 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.
  • MaxterICC, on 08/04/2008, -2/+3these are some really bad comments.
  • Cubeforce, on 08/04/2008, -1/+2Actually 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!
  • orangefly, on 08/04/2008, -1/+2i'm already packed....
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 08/04/2008, -1/+1time
  • staystellar, on 08/04/2008, -1/+1i'm pretty sure that is an image of one dying star.
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 08/04/2008, -1/+1Evil scientologist
  • dilbert, on 08/04/2008, -3/+2False colours are so deceiving.
  • alcavit, on 08/04/2008, -2/+1yes truly amazing
  • slifty, on 08/04/2008, -2/+1... why am I even slightly tempted to see where that leads. I think there's something wrong with me.
  • vinibinini, on 08/04/2008, -3/+1Where the Hell is the rest of the cat?
  • Cowboy1015, on 08/04/2008, -3/+1yeah babyyy!
  • BelatedHero, on 08/04/2008, -4/+2I'd hit it.
  • Shiftgood, on 08/04/2008, -5/+35 billion years to find a new place to live.

    clocks ticking...
  • Lucas123, on 08/04/2008, -4/+2My God. It's full of stars.
  • staystellar, on 08/04/2008, -5/+2"Gazing into the Cat's Eye, astronomers see the fate of our sun..."
  • isaiah1112, on 08/04/2008, -5/+1You 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!)
  • UnFriendlyFire, on 08/04/2008, -6/+1Oohhh aahhh
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 08/04/2008, -6/+1www.clownfart.penis
  • t3rmv3locity, on 08/04/2008, -6/+1If I'm not mistaken that's an Evil Scientists Lair in the center there...
  • gonediggin, on 08/04/2008, -6/+1sexy
  • thegreenspanput, on 08/04/2008, -6/+0obviously photoshopped...
  • inactive, on 08/04/2008, -11/+1That's not a nebula, that's my butthole after my buddy lit a fart on fire.

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