Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a stunning image of the Flaming Star Nebula, a breathtaking deep-space object ...

Ionized clouds give the impression of flames surrounding the star AE Aurigae.

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.

Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed ...

You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Rosette Nebula blossoms in deep space, captured in this wonderful image taken by the ...

Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.

All good things must come to an end, and that is even true for planets. Recent research has uncovered what appears to be the grizzly death of an exoplanet in the nearby Helix Nebula, which seems to ...

The Calabash Nebula, pictured here – which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 – is a spectacular example of the death of a low-mass star like the sun. This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space ...