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

The Ring Nebula’s iron bar may be just one of many, as astronomers search for similar structures in other nebulae ...

NEW YORK — NASA recently used its James Webb Space Telescope to capture ethereal, detailed images of the Horsehead Nebula. The nebula, which NASA has called "one of the most distinctive objects in our ...

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

A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of ...

A strange, elongated cloud of metal has appeared at the heart of one of the sky’s most familiar dead stars, and it may be the ...

New images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope pierce through thick layers of stardust and gas, revealing the most-detailed look yet into the heart of the Orion Nebula. In 2017, an international ...

NASA released high-resolution images of the Horsehead Nebula that were taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on Monday. The telescope produced sharp infrared images of the “horse’s mane,” or the top ...

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

(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed colorful new portraits of the iconic Ring Nebula. The new images capture the complex details of the planetary nebula, an enormous cloud of cosmic ...

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