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Hubble Telescope

  • Ring Nebula

    Astronomers determine the classic Ring Nebula’s true shape

    A team of researchers, headed by Vanderbilt astronomer C. Robert O’Dell, has combined images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope with images from ground-based telescopes to reconstruct the three-dimensional shape of the iconic nebula with unprecedented precision. In the process, they determined that it is considerably different than previously thought. Read More

    May 24, 2013