File:Comet-Like Knots Around a Dying Star in the Helix Nebula (1996-13-408).jpg

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These gigantic, tadpole-shaped objects are probably the result of a dying star's last gasps.

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English: These gigantic, tadpole-shaped objects are probably the result of a dying star's last gasps. Dubbed "cometary knots" because their glowing heads and gossamer tails resemble comets, the gaseous objects probably were formed during a star's final stages of life.
Date 15 April 1996 (upload date)
Source Comet-Like Knots Around a Dying Star in the Helix Nebula
Author C. Robert O'Dell and Kerry P. Handron (Rice University), NASA
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Planetary Nebulas; Nebulas

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