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

A strange strip of metal-rich gas in deep space is giving astronomers an unsettling glimpse of how worlds like ours might die. Buried inside the glowing remains of a dead star, the structure looks ...

Astronomers have found a strange “iron bar” inside the Ring Nebula, a cloud of gas about 2,283 light-years away. The long, narrow strip of ionised iron is unusual because heavy elements like iron are ...

Scientists have discovered a large bar‑shaped cloud of iron atoms in space that could offer clues about the future of Earth. The structure, which was found inside the Ring Nebula - a famous, colourful ...

Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades. A previously hidden bar of iron has been found inside the Ring Nebula, one of the night sky’s most familiar ...

, was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1779 and has been studied extensively ever since. But that does not mean we have it all figured out. Researchers have spotted a large cloud of ...

Astronomers discover glowing iron bar in Ring Nebula with advanced telescopes. The iron bar is straight, massive and unlike any known nebula feature. Its origin is mysterious, with no current models ...

Astronomers Spot Mysterious 'Iron Bar' in Well-Known Ring Nebula WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Ring Nebula, a stunning celestial structure residing in our neighborhood of ‌the Milky Way galaxy, ...