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WISE Catches a Runaway Star in Flames
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WISE Catches a Runaway Star in Flames

NASA / JPL · 2010-11-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey captured this view of a runaway star racing away from its original home. Surrounded by a glowing cloud of gas and dust, the star AE Aurigae appears on fire. Appropriately, the cloud is called the Flaming Star nebula.

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Credit lineWISE Catches a Runaway Star in Flames. NASA/JPL, 2010-11-24. Public domain. ID: PIA13447.
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