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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

Retired Stars Take Up Sculpting!

As two white dwarfs orbit each other at the centre of this planetary nebula, their movements affect the behaviour of the jets of material shooting out of both ends, causing them to twist into these stunning mirror-image S-shapes. 

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