For the first time mankind was able to capture the once in millions of years phenomenon, the end stages of a distant star’s life. It was captured through a space telescope, James Webb space telescope, that is the creation of NASA as it is designed to hold high-revolution and high-sensitive images of space.
The image is a mesmerizing experience for human eyes to see Ring Nebula, which looked like a doughnut with glowing gas around the dying star living as far as 2,600 light-years from Earth. The center of the star is the hot core, called white dwarf.
If you wonder how exactly this ring of energy is formed then the answer is quite simple, it’s very much the sun of our solar system. As we know, the sun is a star that holds an enormous level of hydrogen and helium and a few billion years later the energy will grow more and swallow up Earth and other planets in the solar system. After some billions years, the star will get exhausted of its hydrogen energy and that’s when we witness a dying star.
A stunning nebula has been born from a dying star that threw out its outer layers into space. What’s truly captivating about these nebulae are their various shapes and patterns. Some have delicate glowing rings, others show expanding bubbles, and there are those with intricate, wispy clouds.
The reason for these patterns is quite complex and not completely understood by scientists yet. The layers of the nebula shine because of the light coming from the hot center star.
Imagine it like a fireworks show – different parts of the nebula give off specific colors of light, similar to how fireworks light up the sky with different colors. This creates a mesmerizing display of colors and shapes in space. Plus, it lets astronomers study how these objects change and develop over time, much like watching a story unfold.