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.

The Helix Nebula is called a planetary nebula ... Although this is the first case of its type to be discovered, the researchers believe that there may be more star systems like this one out there.

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 ...

The Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years from Earth, has baffled scientists for decades. The planetary nebula was created by a dying star that shed its outer layers of gas, leaving behind a small ...

The Helix nebula: Bigger in death than life (Phys.org)—A dying star is refusing to go quietly into the night, as seen in this combined infrared and ultraviolet view from NASA's Spitzer Space ...

The Helix Nebula is called a planetary nebula ... Although this is the first case of its type to be discovered, the researchers believe that there may be more star systems like this one out there.

A newly released image of the planetary nebula taken in infrared light brings into view what normally can't be seen in visible light. Helix Nebula sparkles in a new light (video) - CNET X ...

Eye on the universe: the planetary nebula NGC 7294, or the 'Helix Nebula', is nearby in the Milky Way. However, astronomers have managed to observe similar objects at much greater distances. (Courtesy ...

The United States' independence day is over for the year, but a new image of one of Earth's cosmic neighbors reveals an explosive spectacle. One of the ...

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 ...

In one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever, astronomers today unveil the coil-shaped Helix Nebula to celebrate Astronomy Day. This ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a ...