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Zeta Ophiuchi Bow Shock
The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is having a "shocking" effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this infrared
image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Like a ship plowing through still waters, the giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is speeding through space, making waves in the dust ahead. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a dramatic, infrared portrait of these glowing waves, also known as a bow shock.
Astronomers theorize...
Astronomers theorize that this star was once sitting pretty next to a companion star even heftier than itself...
