*ESO's La Silla Observatory has snapped a new image of the*famous Helix planetary nebula, revealing a rich — and rarely photographed — background of distant galaxies.The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius, is a Sun-like star in its final explosion*before retirement as a white dwarf.Shells of gas are [...]

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