An international team of astronomers has identified a rare laser phenomenon shining from the heart of the planetary nebula Menzel 3, otherwise known as the Ant Nebula. The discovery suggests the ...

Unusual laser emissions beaming from the Ant Nebula suggest that it is home to a hidden double-star system and that one of the companion stars is nearing the end of its life. When stars similar to our ...

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer and its unique ability to see small details, astronomers have uncovered a flat, nearly edge-on disc of silicates in the heart of the magnificent Ant ...

THERE’s a battle going on out among the stars. Lasers have been flickering amid the ruins of a hugs nebula. Now astronomers have found their source. The Ant Nebula is already odd. It’s shape is not a ...

Astronomers have detected an extremely rare laser emission from the "spectacular" Ant Nebula which suggests a double star system is hidden at its core. The rare laser blast is connected to the death ...

(Nanowerk News) An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the "spectacular" Ant Nebula.

It’s an enormous explosion: two symmetrical, billowing bubbles of gas reaching out to form what we call the Ant Nebula. Now the pulse of lasers has been detected rippling through its shattered heart.

May 16 (UPI) --The core of the famed Ant Nebula is home to a double star system, according to new research by an international team of astronomers. The presence of the binary star system was revealed ...

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Astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the 'spectacular' Ant Nebula. The extremely rare phenomenon is connected ...

Astronomers at the European Space Agency spotted unusual laser beams emitted from the Ant Nebula, signaling a possible death of a two-star system in its core. Infrared images from the Herschel Space ...

Unusual laser emissions beaming from the Ant Nebula suggest that it is home to a hidden double-star system and that one of the companion stars is nearing the end of its life. When stars similar to our ...