Skip to content

The Southern Ring Nebula

Two views of the Southern Ring Nebula.
Two views of the Southern Ring Nebula. Image: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Orsola De Marco (Macquarie University) IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

These two shots of the Southern Ring Nebula taken by the Webb telescope reveal very different aspects of the same structure. The nebula is about 2,500 years old, and scientists recently looked at the Webb data to create these two images and decipher the circumstances that may have given rise to this colorful, heavenly oval.