Thursday, March 16, 2006

Double Helix Nebula Near Center of the Universe

It's not surprising to me that the genetic instructions for life (DNA) is in the form of a double helix.
The universe is all around.


Astronomers report an unprecedented elongated double helix nebula near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, using observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The part of the nebula the astronomers observed stretches 80 light years in length. The research is published March 16 in the journal Nature.

Read the full article here.

Larger image here.

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