Pham, L.B.S. ; Van de Steene, G. ; Van Hoof, P.

Released on 2023-08-23

Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breathtaking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, one of the best-known planetary nebulae. Those images were publicly released this month by an international team of astronomers, which includes Griet Van de Steene and Peter van Hoof, researchers of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. In a paper submitted to MNRAS and published in arXiv on August 21, the team presents and analyses features revealed by those images, one of which suggesting the presence of a star companion that may contribute to shape the Ring Nebula into its elliptic form.

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