Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.
- Date
- 2007-02-12
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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