NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57.
A small telescope will already reveal the characteristic donut-like structure of glowing gas that gave the Ring Nebula its name. Albert Zijlstra, Professor in Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, said:"We are amazed by the details in the images, better than we have ever seen before. We always knew planetary nebulae were pretty. What we see now is spectacular."
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