How Do We Know When a Star Blows Up?

Scientists can compare this new detailed image, again, to their models for what they think happens at the end of the life cycle of a star. Different colors tell us that there are different frequencies of light that are coming from this nebula. The orange and the out is mostly due to, like, molecular hydrogen, and the inner part comes from hotter, ironized gas. We can also see that they are like holes in this nebula, that things from the inner part of the star have like shot through it,. creating these holes where they are like beaming out o the rest of the universe.