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The Blue Ring Nebula
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The Blue Ring Nebula was discovered in 2004 by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) mission. Astronomers think the nebula was created by the merger of two stars, and that we are seeing the system a few thousand years after the merger, when evidence of the collision is still apparent. The blue light in the image shows the debris cloud created by the merger.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Blue Ring Nebula. NASA/JPL, 2020-11-18. Public domain. ID: PIA23867.
