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Great Balls of Fire! Hubble Sees Bright Knots Ejected from Brilliant Star

Great Balls of Fire! Hubble Sees Bright Knots Ejected from Brilliant Star


Depicts: WR124, M1-67, IRAS 19092+1646
Copyright: Yves Grosdidier (University of Montreal and Observatoire de Strasbourg), Anthony Moffat (Universitie de Montreal), Gilles Joncas(Universite Laval), Agnes Acker (Observatoire de Strasbourg), and NASA

Resembling an aerial fireworks explosion, this dramatic NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture of the energetic star WR124 reveals it is surrounded by hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 100,000 miles per hour.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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