A Stunning Nebula Image Predicts How Our Sun Will Die
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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured a 30-hour image of the Messier 27 (Dumbbell Nebula) planetary nebula 1,360 light-years away, showing oxygen in blue and hydrogen and sulfur in orange—the fate our sun will meet in five billion years when it ejects its outer layers and leaves behind a white dwarf that will glow for up to 25,000 years.
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