One Star's Life Ends With A Ring

A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the shimmering embers of a dying star, and in their midst a strange doughnut-shaped ring.
"Spitzer's infrared vision has revealed what could not be seen before - a massive ring of material that was expelled from the dying star," said Dr. Joseph Hora, a Spitzer scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "The composition of the ring and how it formed are mysteries we hope to address with further Spitzer studies."

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news867.html">One Star's Life Ends With A Ring</a></p> <p>A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the shimmering embers of a dying star, and in their midst a strange doughnut-shaped ring. <br />"Spitzer's infrared vision has revealed what could not be seen before - a massive ring of material that was expelled from the dying star," said Dr. Joseph Hora, a Spitzer scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "The composition of the ring and how it formed are mysteries we hope to address with further Spitzer studies." <br /> <br /></p>