Ring Earth Watched closely by the Sun-orbiting

Watched closely by the Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory

Spiral and irregular galaxies make up approximately 55% of the galaxies in the "local" Universe

and so we almost always see them in the same region of the sky

have emerged

000 light years away toward the constellation of the Winged Horse (Pegasus)

Ring Earth Watched closely by the Sun-orbitingThe distinctive shape of the Ring Nebula, the glowing shroud around a dying Sun like star, makes it a popular celestial object that appears in many astronomy books. New observations of the Ring Nebula by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, however, reveal a new twist on an iconic nebula. The Hubble images offer the best view yet of the nebula, revealing a complex structure. The observations have allowed astronomers to construct the most precise three