2 Nice pixs from space.com

Link: http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_080812.html

The wispy Veil Nebula appears to pass beneath the unrelated 52 Cygnus star, as seen in this image from the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter at the University of Arizona.

Also known as NGC6960, the Veil Nebula represents the shattered remains of possibly two supernovae that exploded more than 15,000 years ago in the direction of the constellation Cygnus. The explosion would have appeared as a bright star rivaling the crescent moon, once the light had crossed the 2,500 light-years to Earth.

The glowing, bright shell of gas from a supernova explosion usually results from the tremendous energy of the explosion plowing into its surroundings and heating up gas to millions of degrees. The cooling of the gas since then has created brilliant glowing colors.

— NASA/ESA and SPACE.com Staff

Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

Sis Aisya note: **Wow! Result of an explosion in space 15,000 years ago! Look at those colours!! Click on the Headline to visit the website of this article :) IF YOU ARE GOING THERE, remember to view the "Video: Supernova Destroyer/Creator", it shows you what is a SUPERNOVA! Amazing! Eg: The only thing in the universe that can form a Gold atom is during a Supernova!

Video direct link: http://www.space.com/common/media/video.php?videoRef=b050715_supernovadestroyer
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cat's eye — ur doin it rong
Link: http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_080820.html

The Cat's Eye nebula gets a new look from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.

The object known formally as NGC 6543 is a planetary nebula that represents a future snapshot of what our sun might look like several billion years from now. In its red giant phase, our sun will begin to run out of fuel and shed its outer layers. The remaining hot core eventually collapses to form a white dwarf star that pushes the ejected atmosphere away to form colorful filamentary structures.

Chandra's X-ray data appears in blue and shows a cloud of multi-million-degree gas surrounding the central star. Astronomers can compare where the X-rays sit in relation to the red and purple structures seen by Hubble's optical lens. The combined image shows the material shed by the star continuing to expand outward at a speed of about 4 million miles per hour.

— NASA/CXC and SPACE.com Staff

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/STScI

Sis Aisya note: **Updated pix of the Cat's Eye! Click on the Headline to visit the website of this article :) Nice Pix eh!