Gallery: Space Photos of the Week: A Star Named Nasty
<a href="http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1520/">ESO</a>01ESO’s Very Large Telescope images the Medusa Nebula
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. As the star at the heart of this nebula made its transition into retirement, it shed its outer layers into space, forming this colourful cloud. The image foreshadows the final fate of the Sun, which will eventually also become an object of this kind.
<a href="http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1520c/">ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2</a>02Wide-field view of the sky around the Medusa Nebula
Wide-field view of the sky around the Medusa Nebula.
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/coronal-loops-over-a-sunspot-group">NASA, SDO</a>0301-sdo-0171-blos
Coronal Loops Over a Sunspot Group.
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/hubble-revisits-tangled-ngc-6240 ">NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage</a>04Hubble revisits tangled NGC 6240
Hubble Revisits Tangled NGC 6240.
<a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/21/full/">NASA</a>, <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/">ESA</a>, and J. Mauerhan05SP-04
Hubble Observes One-of-a-Kind Star Nicknamed 'Nasty'.
<a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA19663">NASA/JPL-Caltech</a>0602-PIA19663
Rover's Reward for Climbing: Exposed Geological Contact.
<a href="http://www.aao.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/galaxy-snacking-habits-revealed">Angel Lopez-Sanchez (AAO/MQU) and Baerbel Koribalski (CSIRO)</a>07SP-03
Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed.
