Hubble Captures the 'V'

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UPDATED: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 11:18
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HAKEN

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 11:18 AM

UNIVERSETODAY.COM - Looking oddly reminiscent of the “V” depicted in the logo for the sci-fi television series “V,” this has to be one of the strangest objects in space. It’s the Westbrook Nebula — also known as PK166-06, CRL 618 and AFGL 618 — and is a protoplanetary nebula. But this highly irregular bundle of disconnected jets and clouds is the result of a burst of a dying star expelling toxic gases such as carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. Well, toxic to us, anyway, but maybe not to The Visitors...

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