A recent study has identified a previously undetected iron bar within the well-known Ring Nebula, an astronomical object extensively examined by both professional and amateur astronomers for centuries.
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| Image via Royal Astronomical Society/ University College London. |
The Ring Nebula is composed of gas and dust expelled by a progenitor star as it exhausted its nuclear fuel, resulting in the formation of a central white dwarf.
Here is my photo of the Ring taken back in 2024:
And here is the Ring by the Hubble telescope:
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| Image via The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA) |
At the core of this nebula, the research has uncovered a bar-shaped cloud of iron. This structure measures approximately 500 times the length of Pluto's orbit around the Sun and possesses a mass comparable to that of Mars. The origin of this feature remains uncertain within the astronomical community.
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