NASA Discovers Literal Shooting Star

A new ultraviolet mosaic from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail of "seeds" for new solar systems. The star, named Mira (pronounced my-rah) after the latin word for "wonderful," is shedding material that will be recycled into new stars, planets and possibly even life as it hurls through our galaxy.
A red giant, Mira has been observed for 400 years but only now this 13 light-years long trail is seen through ultraviolet detection. About 350 light-years from Earth, Mira will be visible to the naked eye in mid-November. read more | digg story