By- Naiteek Bhatt
Have you ever seen a star die? If not, then NASA has captured this amazing incident on Camera.
NASA CAPTURED AMAZING INCIDENT
NASA has captured in a photo the scene of the extinction of a star located 20 thousand light years away.
SEE A DYING STAR
While writing about this, NASA said that such circles of dust had not been seen before. This is called light echo.
NEVER SEEN SUCH A SIGHT
These rings are made of Dust and gas coming out of a red giant star. This is the view just before it explodes.
DUST AND GAS CIRCLES
NASA said that when this incident was happening in the star, it was shining 60 thousand times brighter than our Sun.
60 THOUSAND TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN
Even before this, NASA had shared a photo of the galaxy which is about 100 million light years away from here. It is called NGC 2441.
GALAXY NGC 2441
This galaxy was first seen by German astronomer Wilhelm Temple in 1882, Temple was observing a comet at that time.
WILHELM TEMPLE DISCOVERED