A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team led by astronomers ...

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

Finding such a large concentration of iron in this precise shape is difficult to explain using existing models of how ...

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

A distinctive nebula inside the constellation Lyra holds a never-before-seen cloud of iron atoms—and researchers aren’t sure ...

For centuries, the Ring Nebula has captivated astronomers with its stunning, glowing appearance, but a recent discovery has ...

A newly spotted feature inside a dying star’s remains is unsettling scientists, not because it is dramatic, but because it ...

Scientists have discovered a large bar‑shaped cloud of iron atoms in space that could offer clues about the future of Earth.

A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team of astronomers.The ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Ring Nebula as captured in visible light by Hubble Space Telescope (left); in radio emission ...

Here are some of the most beautiful pictures of the nebula, which were taken with the help of NASA's James Webb telescope.

The team said they plan to do further studies to find out what exactly this iron bar is, where it came from and what it ...