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Space Photos of the Week: Rotten Egg Nebula Makes a Stanky Mess
Space photos of the week, January 29 — February 4, 2017.
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This image shows the Calabash Nebula transforming from a red giant into a planetary nebula, as it blows outer layers of dust and gas into space at close to 620,000 miles per hour. Calabash is also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula, because of its high sulphur contents.
