Most Perfect Cosmic Spiral Ever Seen.

September 9, 2010

WASN’T THIS ONE OF THE CROP CIRCLES? 

Hubble has photographed an unusual pre-planetary nebula called
IRAS 23166+1655 forming around the star LL Pegasi hidden behind central dust
(above) in the constellation Pegasus. Credit: ESA/NASA & R. Sahai.

UCLA astronomers report the material forming the spiral is moving outwards at a speed of about 31,069 mph (50,000 km/hour). Astronomers theorize the spiral has formed because LL Pegasi is a binary star system. One star is losing material as it and the companion star are orbiting each other. The spacing between layers in the spiral of 800 years relates to the orbital period of the binary. Stars that have masses between half our Sun's, up to about eight times our Sun's mass, do not explode as supernovae at the ends of their lives, but instead can create these intricate spirals as their outer layers of gas drift into space. The central star is still behind dust. See: Hubble.

‘WORMHOLE’   CROP   CIRCLES