WEAVE imaging spectroscopy of NGC 6720: an iron bar in the Ring
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Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · View the paper (DOI)
A team of astronomers using the WEAVE instrument discovered a bar-shaped cloud of iron atoms inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The iron bar is roughly 500 times longer than Pluto's orbit and has a mass comparable to Mars, raising questions about its formation and composition.