A dying star's remains are seen as a roughly circular region of gas, with an inner teal region and orange at the edges, all against black space dotted with stars.

NGC 6565

A dying star’s final moments are captured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The death throes of this star may only last mere moments on a cosmological timescale, but this star’s demise is still quite lengthy by our standards, lasting tens of thousands of years!

Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Matej Novak