Miracles of the Quran: A Red Rose In The Sky - The Rosette Nebula.

This episode discusses the Rosette Nebula, a large cloud of gas and dust in the Milky Way that appears reddish like a rose when viewed through telescopes. It mentions that modern astronomy has provided new insights into what powers the beautiful glow of the Rosette Nebula, including evidence that crashing stars within the nebula produce very hot gas. It also notes similarities between verses in the Quran that reference a "rose-colored" sight in the sky and the current appearance of the Rosette Nebula.

Questions:

1. What is the Rosette Nebula and how does its appearance resemble that of a rose?

2. What new insights has modern astronomy provided about what powers the glow of the Rosette Nebula?

3. What similarities are noted between descriptions of a "rose-colored" sight in the sky mentioned in the Quran and current observations of the Rosette Nebula?

Notes:

• 1 http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_%28astronomi%29
• 2 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010214.html
• 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_Nebula
• 4 http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/01_releases/press_090601wind.html; Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Penn State University Press, 6 September, 2001