Are stars better appreciated for their art after they die? Actually, stars usually create their most artistic displays as they die. In the case of low-mass stars like our Sun and M2-9 pictured above, the stars transform themselves from normal stars to white dwarfs by casting off their outer gaseous envelopes. The expended gas frequently forms an impressive display called a planetary nebula that fades gradually over thousands of years. M2-9, a butterfly planetary nebula 2100 light-years away shown in representative colors, has wings that tell a strange but incomplete tale. In the center, two stars orbit inside a gaseous disk 10 times the orbit of Pluto. The expelled envelope of the dying star breaks out from the disk creating the bipolar appearance. Much remains unknown about the physical processes that cause planetary nebulae.
(via carl-sagan-cosmos)
First cigarette in the…morning(?) Don’t mind I look retarded, it comes naturally. Oh and I made this extra long rosary of leftover beads, chain and wire from an old spiral-bound notebook.
When you make perfect GIFS that take at least 20 minutes to perfect and then this happens
Yeah >.>
(via doctor-who-companion)
Nærøydalen Valley seen from Stalheim Hotel, Norway (by kennymatic).
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
