A new spectacular image has been taken of the Helix nebula - one of the most beautiful objects in the night sky.
The photo was taken at the European La Silla Observatory in Chile using a special camera attached to a telescope.
The Helix is a sun-like star and is in its final explosion stage...
It looks like a hand of God reaching out into the cosmos, but scientists say it's something just as incredible: electromagnetic energy pumped out by a neutron star.
Taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory from it's orbiting 360 miles above the Earth, the recently released photo of Pulsar...
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