Gaint Star Makes Waves In Space

This gaint star Zeta Ophiuchi, a relatively young, located about 370 light-years away, makes waves in the surrounding dust clouds of space, according to NASA experts. Zeta Ophiuchi is about twenty times massive, eight times hotter, and thousands of times brighter than the Sun and travels at a speed of 55,000 miles/hour. This infrared image captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals 'shocking' bow effect produced by this fast moving hot blue star on the surrounding dust clouds seen here as red bow. Credit: NASA.