Scientists observing it say its origin is unclear, but their theories about how it formed suggest it could hint at the ...

Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades.

Astronomers have found a strange “iron bar” inside the Ring Nebula, a cloud of gas about 2,283 light-years away. The long, ...

A colossal bar of iron hidden inside the Ring Nebula may be the ghostly remains of a planet destroyed by a dying star.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of the Ring Nebula. The images were released Thursday by an international team of astronomers, including three from the Canadian Western ...

Nebulae are some of the most beautiful structures to be found in space: vast clouds of dust and gas that are illuminated by light from nearby stars. These regions are often busy sites of star ...

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Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...