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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is located 650 million light-years from Earth. It is the glowing remains of a dying star, much like our Sun.

NASA's new image reveals a 'planet killer' dying star in Helix Nebula A 40-year-old space enigma has been unraveled: a white dwarf star at the center of the Helix Nebula has been annihilating a ...

Image: X-ray clues reveal a star that may have destroyed a planet. This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center ...