The Helix planetary nebula is constructed from matter ejected by a dying Sun-like star, almost 690 light-years away (Image: NASA, ESA, C R O’Dell (Vanderbilt University), M Meixner and P McCullough (STScI))
Stars: A journey through stellar birth, life and death by Raman Prinja, is a comprehensive look at the latest developments in our understanding of the birth, life and death of stars.
It features many colour images from NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope.
The author is a professor of astrophysics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London.
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