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- allaboutdatiki, on 12/28/2007, -0/+30i've triggered some hot and colorful gas in my lifetime, but nothing quite like that ...
- Proctor, on 12/28/2007, -0/+28Space is Beautiful.
- vroom101, on 12/28/2007, -0/+17Via: http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image. ... ( sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2006-01b )
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img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ssc200601b1dt1.jpg - iPissExcellence, on 12/28/2007, -0/+11thats how babies are born
- crackedplastic, on 12/28/2007, -2/+12Guess Sauron is alive and well these days ...
- Mentosan, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6Did you took pictures of it in infrared light at wavelengths of 3.2, 4.5, and 8.0 microns? and then colored blue, green, and red (respectively). You would be surprised of the bouquet of colors. Hmmm.. now i have an idea for my kid's next science project...
- unluckier, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6The colors were added manually, and it is a composite from multiple pictures. So zjbird isn't far off, actually.
- iDiggIt42, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5I bet you can tell by the pixels, right?
- mkriss5681, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5It would have to be some sort of dead collapsed star if it was earth sized
- Bazzy, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5A white dwarf is about the size of Earth, although many times more massive. This nebulae does contain a white dwarf but the dwarf is hardly the reason it's so spectacular.
- mkriss5681, on 12/28/2007, -1/+6Page Down. If a NASA website can't survive Digg what hope does the space program have.
- SlvrEagle23, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5Something about oversized single eyes floating anywhere sort of scares the ***** out of me.
- scaaven2, on 12/29/2007, -0/+4buried for being millions of years old
- Bazzy, on 12/28/2007, -1/+5Earth-sized star? A star the size of Earth could never form. It wouldn't have enough gravity to begin hydrogen fusion.
Perhaps you mean a sun-sized star? A sun-sized star would indeed become a planetary nebulae like the one in the image. - PinkFloydFan, on 12/28/2007, -0/+4That was totally worth freezing my computer for 30 seconds. Whoops, gotta go! Windows Virtual memory Minimus too low! (My computer sux)
- TheZorch, on 12/28/2007, -0/+3The star at the center of the Helix Nebula is a White Dwarf, an Earth sized star which is actually the exposed core of a probably a blue giant which exploded thus forming the nebula. After about a billion or a few million years the star will eventually grow cold and become a dark star. It will continue to be a source of strong radio signs for billions of year more since it is immensely radioactive.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -3/+6I blame Ron Paul supporters.
- vroom101, on 12/28/2007, -0/+3From the NASA description via the "Via" in the 1st comment, http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image. ... :
"Six hundred and fifty light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, a dead star about the size of Earth, is refusing to fade away peacefully. In death, it is spewing out massive amounts of hot gas and intense ultraviolet radiation, creating a spectacular object called a 'planetary nebula.' . . ." - redxxx, on 12/28/2007, -1/+3What, no tiffs? Dugg down.
- BadseedJR, on 12/28/2007, -1/+3You're a douche.
- iDiggIt42, on 12/28/2007, -0/+2Ah, planetary nebulae. If anyone is looking for any more of these, there's plenty on GIS. http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl= ...
- unluckier, on 12/28/2007, -1/+3http://www.snopes.com/photos/space/eyeofgod.asp
- macwac, on 12/28/2007, -0/+2Spectacular!
- Strongo, on 12/28/2007, -0/+2it was a joke. i was going to post it myself till i saw someone else did.
- Sparkster185, on 12/28/2007, -0/+2I blame Apple and Ubuntu.
- w1bmw, on 12/28/2007, -0/+2huh?
- colto, on 12/28/2007, -0/+2One look at tubgirl.com will change your mind on that one.
/cringes - KingGorilla, on 12/28/2007, -0/+1It's like a heavenly clown farted
- Trihedralguy, on 12/28/2007, -2/+3This picture must have been taken in a galaxy far far away when the legendary Death Star just exploded.
- BrokenVisage, on 12/28/2007, -1/+2Old, and not even to just astronomy buffs.
- azerton, on 12/28/2007, -0/+1As in : buried
- Scynet, on 12/28/2007, -1/+2True, but I doubt NASA artists just add colors out of their ass. They probably try to make them look as realistic as possible, though some parts may be highlighted in colors to make them more distinguishable.
- zjbird, on 12/28/2007, -7/+8shopped
- SirBotchness, on 12/28/2007, -1/+2I think the title is wrong, the star wasn't earth sized, it is just close to earth (distance). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Nebula
says the star was sun like, doesn't reference the size, but i figure larger than our planet.
Hello Helix Nebula - sabach, on 12/28/2007, -1/+2The shock wave emitted from the star when it collapsed is what causes the surrounding gas to glow. So yes, the dwarf is the reason.
- izlander, on 12/28/2007, -0/+1The worst part is that it is watching you touch yourself. Watch this sight tomorrow for when NASA shows us 'star tears'
- flintmich, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1"I always feel like somebody's watching me!" - Rockwell
- rheaume, on 12/28/2007, -0/+1Yes Im sure its the almighty digg and its 1 billion dollar selling point OMG kevin Rose Iphone of doom and not reddit, slashdot and the other sites, thanks for that insight. Nasa could ***** diggs all day long.
- socokoolaid, on 12/28/2007, -1/+1Does no one else think this looks eerily like an eye, colorful iris, eyelid, pupil, and all?
- prol, on 12/28/2007, -0/+0I don't know the specifics of this image, but a lot of pictures of distant objects in space are in false color, so actually, they're purposely unrealistic. They do add colors out of their ass, but just so you can see what's in the picture.
- quade, on 12/28/2007, -2/+2That photo is simply stellar!
- FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 12/28/2007, -1/+1ooo, looks like solaris!
send clooney there and see if it makes an invincible clone of natascha mcelhone. - adustum, on 12/28/2007, -0/+0Nice.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -1/+1"I SEE YOUUU !"
- skinjester, on 12/28/2007, -0/+0at least 650 years old.
- ROYALWITHCHEESE, on 12/28/2007, -2/+1looks like mordor
- aaron.dunlap, on 12/28/2007, -2/+1/me awaits the deluge of "you, sir, are incorrect" comments from the Space buffs in the community (a far geekier sort than the computer buffs).
- Icefreez, on 12/28/2007, -3/+2Lord of the Rings: Sauron's Eye in Space
- BarkingSheep, on 12/28/2007, -2/+1B-E-Ayeeeutiful~
- fuz10n, on 12/28/2007, -3/+2This is most likely a false-colored picture in order to highlight different elements of the star.
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