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Rings Around the Ring Nebula

By |2024-04-28T09:09:13-04:00April 28th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The Ring Nebula (M57) is more complicated than it appears through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure - a collaborative effort combining data from three different large telescopes - explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much [...]

Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt. Etna

By |2024-04-22T09:09:17-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Yes, but can your volcano do this? To the surprise of some, Mt. Etna emits, on occasion, smoke rings. Technically known as vortex rings, the walls of the volcano slightly slow the outside of emitted smoke puffs, causing the inside gas to move faster. A circle of low pressure develops [...]

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