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Ring Nebula Is More Like A Jelly Doughnut, NASA Says
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Sam Wormley
May 24, 2013, 6:42:20 PM5/24/13
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Ring Nebula Is More Like A Jelly Doughnut, NASA Says
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/24/186489695/ring-nebula-is-more-like-a-jelly-doughnut-nasa-says
> http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/05/24/nebula_wide-a3344295066f677dfccb3ee66c3ea2c44570efb6-s40.jpg
> The Ring Nebula, whose iconic shape and large size make it a favorite
> of amateur astronomers, can now be seen in new detail, after NASA's
> Hubble Space Telescope captured a sharp image of the nebula.
> Researchers say the new clarity reveals details that were previously
> unseen, and a structure that's more complex than scientists had
> believed.
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> "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly
> doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," says C.
> Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University, who leads a team of
> researchers studying the Ring Nebula. They combined Hubble's
> visible-light images with infrared data from telescopes on Earth.
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/24/186489695/ring-nebula-is-more-like-a-jelly-doughnut-nasa-says
> http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/05/24/nebula_wide-a3344295066f677dfccb3ee66c3ea2c44570efb6-s40.jpg
> The Ring Nebula, whose iconic shape and large size make it a favorite
> of amateur astronomers, can now be seen in new detail, after NASA's
> Hubble Space Telescope captured a sharp image of the nebula.
> Researchers say the new clarity reveals details that were previously
> unseen, and a structure that's more complex than scientists had
> believed.
>
> "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly
> doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," says C.
> Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University, who leads a team of
> researchers studying the Ring Nebula. They combined Hubble's
> visible-light images with infrared data from telescopes on Earth.
RichA
May 26, 2013, 11:11:30 PM5/26/13
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On May 24, 3:42 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/05/24/nebula_wide-a3344295066f67...
> > The Ring Nebula, whose iconic shape and large size make it a favorite
> > of amateur astronomers, can now be seen in new detail, after NASA's
> > Hubble Space Telescope captured a sharp image of the nebula.
> > Researchers say the new clarity reveals details that were previously
> > unseen, and a structure that's more complex than scientists had
> > believed.
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> > "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly
> > doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," says C.
> > Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University, who leads a team of
> > researchers studying the Ring Nebula. They combined Hubble's
> > visible-light images with infrared data from telescopes on Earth.
Hands up all those who failed to see the nebula in the centre of the
> > of amateur astronomers, can now be seen in new detail, after NASA's
> > Hubble Space Telescope captured a sharp image of the nebula.
> > Researchers say the new clarity reveals details that were previously
> > unseen, and a structure that's more complex than scientists had
> > believed.
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> > "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly
> > doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," says C.
> > Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University, who leads a team of
> > researchers studying the Ring Nebula. They combined Hubble's
> > visible-light images with infrared data from telescopes on Earth.
ring over the last 50 years?
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