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

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

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

The Ring Nebula (also known as Messier 57 or NGC 6720) lies in the constellation Lyra and is a classic example of a ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious 'iron bar' in the heart of a nearby nebula that could offer a glimpse into Earth's ...

New photos show off NASA's newly constructed Roman Space Telescope, which will soon help researchers unravel the mysteries of ...

"We found something never seen before and, more importantly, entirely unexpected," team leader Simone Scaringi of Durham ...

T he Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been pivotal to progress in the last three decades of astronomy and cosmology.

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

On December 19, a special panel discussion event was held featuring Junichi Watanabe (Project Professor at NAOJ), who supervised the exhibition, together with Masayuki Tanaka and Risa Matsumoto from ...

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will set an agency record when he makes his 10th ever spacewalk Jan. 8, 2026, along with Zena ...

With the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, we can now see the most beautiful pictures and patterns present in space that ...