Using Nasa’s space telescope Galaxy Evolution Explorer, scientists discovered a stunning 13-light-year-old tail of the dying star Mira
, which is located 350 light-years (A light year is about 6 trillion miles, the distance light travels in a year) from Earth in the ‘whale’ constellation Cetus.
Rocketing through our Milky Way galaxy at 130 km per second — literally faster than a speeding bullet — the star is spewing material (made up of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen) that scientists believe may be recycled into new stars, planets and maybe even life. Link
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