Click through the gallery to see this week’s helping of the best the universe has to offer. And if you need more when you’re done but can’t wait until the next one, here’s the entire collection.
Space Photos of the Week: Dying Star Insists on Being Dramatic About It
Space photos of the week, September 18 — 24, 2016.
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<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2016/hubble-views-a-colorful-demise-of-a-sun-like-star">NASA, ESA</a>
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NASA’s Hubble telescope took this photo of a star dying by discarding its outer layers of gas, leaving a white dwarf (the white spot in the middle) at its core.
