Dying star creates fantasy-like sculpture of gas and dust

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Fantasy-like sculpture of gas and dust
A new study of a large number of planetary nebulae has revealed that rings, such as those seen here around the Cat's Eye Nebula, are much more common that thought so far and have been found in at least one third of all planetary nebulae. Although the rings may be the key to explaining the final agonized 'gasp' of the dying central star, the mystery behind the Cat's Eye nebula's nested Russian doll structure remains largely unsolved.


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China to launch space mission in late September

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(AP) -- China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, featuring its first-ever space walk, a state news agency said.

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High-resolution satellite launched in California

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(AP) -- A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite that can detail an area the size of a baseball diamond's home plate from space has been launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California ...

Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops (Update)

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(AP) -- The European deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass, space officials ...
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