From: BBC News on Wed, Apr 13 2011 5:11 AM

An image from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) 2.2m telescope in Chile has yielded a striking view of the NGC 3582 nebula.Vast loops of gas can be seen in the image, looking like the ejecta of stars known as solar prominences.Here, the gas comes from dying stars. At the same time, radia...