planetary nebulae

  • Webb Space Telescope Drops Two Spellbinding Shots of the Ring Nebula

    Webb Space Telescope Drops Two Spellbinding Shots of the Ring Nebula

    Isaac Schultz

    The Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Ring Nebula with its two primary imagers, revealing the gaseous formation in never-before-seen detail. The breathtaking images show the hydrogen-rich globules in the nebula and its inner region, rife with hot gas. The nebula—first discovered in 1779—was imaged by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its Mid-Infrared instrument (MIRI),…