JWST/NIRcam composite image of the Ring Nebula. The images clearly show the main ring, surrounded by a faint halo and with many delicate structures. The interior of the ring is filled with hot gas.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57. The images, released today by an international team of astronomers ...

a network of radio dishes atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii — to gather high-resolution images of the Ring Nebula. Specifically, they mapped movements of carbon monoxide gas molecules that outline the ...

In the new images, the rings turned out to be very bright with respect to the inner shell of the nebula. Furthermore, the ...