March of Asteroids Across Dying Star
A dying star, called the Helix nebula, is shown surrounded by the tracks of asteroids in an image captured by NASA WISE. Skirting around the edges of the Helix nebula are the footprints of asteroids marching across the field of view.
- Date
- 2013-12-12
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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