Astronomy Picture of the Day: A cosmic flower!!!

 

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Captured in infrared by NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope, this planetary nebula looks like a cosmic flower. It forms when a Sun-like star sheds its outer layers and becomes a white dwarf, offering insight into the future of our own Sun.