Looking Down a Barrel of Gas at a Doomed Star

NASA's image library records Looking Down a Barrel of Gas at a Doomed Star.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured this sharpest view yet of the most famous of all planetary nebulae: the Ring Nebula M57. The colors are approximately true colors.

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A CLOSER LOOK

NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured this sharpest view yet of the most famous of all planetary nebulae: the Ring Nebula M57. The colors are approximately true colors.

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NASA Image and Video LibraryLooking Down a Barrel of Gas at a Doomed Star

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