This Week @NASA: Webb Captures a Cosmic Ring, Giant Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed the well-known Ring Nebula in unprecedented detail.

Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it runs out of fuel, the Ring Nebula is an archetypal planetary nebula.

This new image from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) shows intricate details of the filament structure of the inner ring.

Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M.

Barlow (University College London), N.

Cox (ACRI-ST), R.

Wesson (Cardiff University)