... Later that century, it became understood that Saturn's unusual protrusions were rings and that when the Earth crosses the ring plane, the edge-on rings will appear to disappear. ... Why then would the gas that is streaming away create an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round? ... This cluster is loaded with gas and dust rich, star forming, spiral galaxies but has relatively few elliptical galaxies, which lack gas and dust and the associated newborn stars. ... The Fairy of Eagle Nebula . ...