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Are our puns cornea? 👀⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The helix nebula keeps an eye on the universe, approximately 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ When some stars run out of fuel, they expand, forming a red giant and their outer layers peel off. After the outer layers shed, a hot core remains, forming a white dwarf star, known as a planetary nebula, a fate that awaits our Sun in about 5 billion years.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This image was created by overlapping images from four of our telescopes. Each telescope looks at the universe in different wavelengths of light: the visual spectrum from NASAHubble is shown in in orange and blue; X-Rays from Chandra in white; infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope in green and red; and ultraviolet light from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer in cyan.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Image Description: The blackness of space gives way to a brilliant nebula. In the center of the photo a white dwarf star appears, closely surrounding it is a pink and magenta circle. Around that, an oval ...

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