NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape

NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape

05/23/2013 12:00 AM EDT

The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist.