{"id":432788,"date":"2020-09-03T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/helix-nebula\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T15:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T19:30:31","slug":"helix-nebula","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/helix-nebula\/","title":{"rendered":"Helix Nebula"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Helix nebula.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg?resize=768,522 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg?resize=1024,696 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg?resize=400,272 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg?resize=600,408 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/archives_helix.jpg?resize=900,612 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a "planetary nebula," and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a “planetary nebula,” and astronomers expect our Sun will experience this in about 5 billion years. This Helix Nebula images contains infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (green and red), optical light from Hubble (orange and blue), ultraviolet from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (cyan), and Chandra’s X-rays (appearing as white) showing the white dwarf star that formed in the center of the nebula. The image is about four light years across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC; Ultraviolet: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/SSC; Optical: NASA\/STScI(M. Meixner)\/ESA\/NRAO(T.A. Rector); Infrared: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/K. Su<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/mission_pages\/chandra\/news\/nasas-chandra-opens-treasure-trove-of-cosmic-delights.html\">Read feature<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. 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