The Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. Located approximately 700 light-years away, R Aquarii undergoes violent eruptions that blast out huge filaments of glowing gas. This dramatically demonstrates how the universe redistributes the products of nuclear energy that form deep inside stars and jet back into space. R Aquarii belongs to a class of double stars called symbiotic stars. The primary star is an aging red giant and its companion is a compact burned-out star known as a white dwarf.