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Shooting Bullet Star Leaves Ultraviolet Wake
Scientific American has an interesting article about Mira A including ultraviolet imagery of a wake of stardust stretching 13 light-years!
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Thanks, lots of interesting material to read.
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Here's an image of Mira imaged with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Very interesting find.
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By the way, if you're interested in learning more about the Galaxy Evolution Explorer telescope, their website is here.
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