2020 September 13 -  M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 13/09/2020

In today's image, we see a planetary nebula. This is the end state of a star much like our own Sun. The core is compressed down to a white dwarf star, the size of Earth while the outer layers are expelled out into space. 

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