A famous night-sky object has yielded a surprise: a narrow, bar-shaped cloud made of highly ionized iron. The discovery comes ...

A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of ...

Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades.

A strange, elongated cloud of metal has appeared at the heart of one of the sky’s most familiar dead stars, and it may be the ...

For centuries, the Ring Nebula has captivated astronomers with its stunning, glowing appearance, but a recent discovery has ...