This color-composite image of the Helix Nebula was created from images obtained using the the Wide Field Imager, an astronomical camera attached to the 2.2 meter Max-Planck Society/ESO telescope ...

An ESO telescope in Chile took this picture of the Helix Nebula, which lies about 700 light years from Earth and spreads four light years across space.

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The nearby Helix nebula just received the piercing infrared gaze of a giant telescope in Chile, and the resulting image reveals cold gas normally hidden among warmer star-lit material.

Significance of NASA's Image. Released on March 4, 2025, NASA's image of the Helix Nebula reveals its gaseous shells illuminated by the central white dwarf-the remnant core of a dying star. These ...

This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center; this star may have destroyed a planet. This has never been seen ...

Astronomers have captured a striking new image of the Helix Nebula. A new picture, taken in infrared light, reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are invisible in images taken in visible light ...

The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, lies about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water Bearer). It is one of the closest and most spectacular examples of a planetary nebula.

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is 650 light-years from Earth, according to NASA.It's the remains of a dying star, which is gradually shedding its outer gas layers into the ...