Weird Celestial Spiral Photo Explained

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A photograph of a weird cosmic spiral in deep space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is no trick of light – it's astrophysics in action, scientists say.

The cosmic pinwheel snapshot released this week by the Hubble science team shows "one of the most perfect geometrical forms created in space," Hubble scientists said in a statement. [Hubble's amazing celestial spiral photo.]

The photo shows an unusual pre-planetary nebula called IRAS 23166+1655 as it is forming around the dust-shrouded star LL Pegasi in the constellation Pegasus.

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