esahubble_opo9613a April 15th, 1996
Credit: Robert O'Dell, Kerry P. Handron (Rice University, Houston, Texas) and NASA/ESA
This colorful image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the collision of two gases near a dying star. Astronomers have dubbed the tadpole-like objects in the upper right-hand corner 'cometary knots' because their glowing heads and gossamer tails resemble comets.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9613a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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