Just the poetics of it . . . “A dying star’s nebula is a sight to behold. Like a flower shedding its petals, an aging star casts off its outer layers, surrounding itself with cloud-like shells of gas and dust that seed the universe with heavier elements such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. These ethereal structures are created by stars with masses of about one to eight suns and often rendered in breathtaking color. (Stars that are more massive than eight suns tend to explode in supernovae, which enriched the early universe with even heavier elements, such as cobalt, nickel and iron.)” latimes/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-nebulae-star-aligned-point-milky-way-bulge
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