Observations of an infrared nebula with an intertwined double helix approximately 100 parsecs from the Galaxy's dynamical centre indicate that it is a torsional Alfvn wave propagating vertically ...

The double helix nebula is approximately 300 light years from the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way. (The Earth is more than 25,000 light years from the black hole at the galactic ...

Astronomers have for the first time spotted a nebula in the form of a double helix--the shape of the DNA molecule. Skip to main content. Scientific American. March 21, 2006. 1 min read.

Cosmic nebulae usually look like blobs in space, but astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope have found one that is twisted like the double helix of human DNA.

A “double helix nebula” near the Milky Way’s centre has been revealed by the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared vision. “The organising feature is a magnetic field oriented along the ...

The double helix shape is commonly seen inside living organisms, but this is the first time it has been observed in the cosmos. "Nobody has ever seen anything like that before in the cosmic realm ...