Astronomers have been given a new and incredibly detailed look at a very familiar astronomical object thanks to the James ...

The Ring Nebula is a bright shell of gas in the constellation Lyra. It has long served as a textbook example of how stars ...

What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star ...

"One thing popped out as clear as anything, this previously unknown 'bar' of ionized iron atoms, in the middle of the ...

A closer look at the Helix Nebula reveals how dying stars shed material, shape space, and hint at the distant future of our own Sun.

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

Astronomers have spotted a mysterious cloud in the shape of a bar in the Ring Nebula. Also called Messier 57, the nebula is ...

Astronomers from Cardiff University, as well as University College London, detected the iron bar using a new telescope ...

A new mystery about the colorful Ring Nebula has again caught attention in space.A huge bar of iron has been discovered ...

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

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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Cat's Eye Nebula, photographed by Emil Andronic. | Credit: Emil Andronic. Amateur ...