Diamond ring shape formed by dead and living stars
Unusually round, planetary nebula Abell 33 aligns with foreground star
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STAR DEATH The expanding shell of gas from a dying star, called Abell 33, glows blue. The bright star on the edge of the ring sits about one-third of the way between Earth and the nebula.
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