Ring Nebula
Americannoun
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Astronomers in Europe have identified an unexpected feature hidden inside the famous Ring Nebula.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2026
They show an unprecedented level of detail of a doughnut-like structure of glowing gas known as the Ring Nebula.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
The Webb presentation gave us gasp-inducing images of the Southern Ring Nebula, a sphere of gas and dust belched by a dying star, and Stephan’s Quintet, a grouping of galaxies millions of light-years away.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Two cameras aboard Webb captured the latest image of this planetary nebula, cataloged as NGC 3132, and known informally as the Southern Ring Nebula.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022
Courtesy NASA. shapeType32lineWidth24130shapeType32lineWidth24130shapeType32lineWidth24130A hypothetical ice planet in the system of the Ring Nebula in Lyra.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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