Spaced Out

The future of deep space exploration is within view.

Share your excitement for the upcoming II mission around the Moon with downloadable posters: https://go.nasa.gov/3UO4Gdz

While this doesn’t look like much, it is actually very exciting and alot is happening in this picture. What you are seeing are the effects of a dying star much like our sun. A star this size will not explode into a supernova or collapse into a black hole. Instead it sheds its outer layers that form a cloud that we call a planetary nebula. This particular nebula is roughly 4,240 light years from earth. In the center you can see the star surrounded by a bluish / greenish cloud of electrically charged dust and gas being expelled from the dying star. While appearing small through a telescope these planetary nebulae’s are actually several light years in size! Hire us and we can explore the wonders of the cosmos together. Great for any type of event, public or private. Contact us today!