NASA's Webb Space Telescope has captured a dying star and its impressive Ring Nebula in one of its first full-colour images. This stunning collection of relics is located about 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Lyra.

The Ring Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula formed by a star in the final stages of its life. This extraordinary landscape is shaped by the creative power of the gas and dust around the hot core, called a white dwarf, at the centre of the nebula. Under the influence of a younger star, the nebula gains turbulence and motion, creating a variety of colours and patterns.

The image shows the impressive details of a planetary nebula looming against the darkness of space. The nebula is scattered in an oval shape with lacy and rusty-orange plumes of gas and dust. In the interior, clouds of gas and dust glow bright blue. At the centre of the nebula is a prominent white ring separating the red and blue gas. In the centre of this ring are two bright stars with sharp diffraction spikes radiating outwards.