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A Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula (NGC 6302)

A Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula (NGC 6302)

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Credit: NASA, ESA and A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK)