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Picture Album: Comet-Like Knots Around a Dying Star in the Helix Nebula

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The Helix Nebula: a Gaseous Envelope Expelled By a Dying Star

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Comet-Like Knots Around a Dying Star in the Helix Nebula

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Credit: C. Robert O'Dell and Kerry P. Handron (Rice University), NASA

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