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Butterfly Nebula Ring Nebula IC418 White Dwarfs NGC 6302 Vaporized Planet Dying Stars Iron Atoms NGC 6072 Bipolar Nebulae Core-Degenerate Model

New Spectrograph Reveals Mars-Mass Iron Bar in the Ring Nebula

Follow-up with WEAVE will test whether other elements align with the iron-only signal to distinguish planetary debris from stellar ejecta.

Gemini South Releases New Butterfly Nebula Image for Observatory’s 25th Anniversary

Webb Traces Planet-Building Dust from Butterfly Nebula to ‘Butterfly Star’ Disk

130-Year Record Shows Planetary Nebula IC 418 Heating Faster Than Recent Models Predict