The Ant Nebula

For the new subscribers of the blog, I sometimes go off-topic on Fridays and share my geek love of all things space.

The Ant Nebula is one of my favorite pictures from the Hubble Telescope.

This nebula resides in our galaxy between 3,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth. NASA released this image in Feburary 2001.

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To me, what is most interesting is that this plantery nebula shows the last stage in the life of a Sun-like star, which gives us a clue of our own Sun’s fate when that time comes.

Okay, enough of my space geek fest.

I hope that every one has a great weekend and that all of you get some writing done on your projects.

10 Comments

  1. Awesome. Pictures from space are so cool!

  2. Brad White says:

    I think that is what my brain looks like everytime I try and start my new novel.

    theBrad (verla user)

  3. Karen says:

    Laura: Space images rock!

    Ooh, The Brad from the Blueboards. LOL, really? This is your brain on novel beginnings? Wow.

  4. Lynne says:

    That is gorgeous, Karen! (I wander by every once in a while and finally got around to posting.)

    Hope you have a productive weekend, too!

  5. Jemi Fraser says:

    I love the images from the Hubble! How can we NOT want to explore everything that’s out there?!

  6. Karen says:

    Hey Lynne! It is gorgeous. I remember when it first came out, I used to just stare at it. Even death in space is beautiful.

    Jemi: I LOVES me some Hubble telescope. Can’t wait to see what it brings back next.

  7. Full of beauty and energy, too.

  8. That’s gorgeous. I used to get lost staring at space pictures, and astronomy is one of my favorite types of science.

  9. Wow! I’ve seen lots of slide shows from the Hubble Telescope, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this particular one. Simply gorgeous!

  10. Karen says:

    Gwen and Margo: Yes, it is so gorgeous. I really should think about getting a poster for my office since this is one of my favorites.

    Medeia: I LOVES me some astronomy. When I was a kid I would stare at space pictures all the time. I really should write me some sci-fi one day. Ha.

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