Near-infrared image shows the Ring Nebula in yellow (central area) and purple (outer ring)

Stellar Science

Webb Views the Ring Nebula and Earendel in a New Light

This week, James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details in the Ring Nebula and shows that the most distant known star isn't alone. Meanwhile, patient astronomers have collected 17 years' worth of images of the super-Jupiter Beta Pictoris b.