Come full circle with the Ring Nebula

This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to find the Ring Nebula in the constellation Lyra — a glowing shell of gas that offers a glimpse of our solar system’s distant future. When a Sun-like star exhausts its hydrogen, it blows off an illuminated cloud of gas that lingers for tens of Continue reading "Come full circle with the Ring Nebula" The post Come full circle with the Ring Nebula appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .

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