In this space wallpaper, this colour-composite image of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) was created from images obtained using the the Wide Field Imager (WFI), an astronomical camera attached to the ...

In this combined image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), the star’s dusty outer layers are unraveling into space, glowing from the intense ultraviolet ...

In this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, "cometary knots" on the Helix Nebula show blue-green heads caused by excitation of their molecular material from shocks or ultraviolet radiation. In ...

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, as ...

The "Eye of God" — one of the most iconic images in astronomy — shines bright in this wide-field image. The Helix Nebula, also known as "The Eye of God," The Helix, or (officially) NGC 7293, is a ...

When a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. This phase is known as a “planetary nebula,” and astronomers expect our Sun ...

The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, is not only one of the most interesting and beautiful planetary nebulae; it is also one of the closest nebulae to Earth, at a distance of only 710 light years (219 pc) away ...

A new image of the Helix planetary nebula shows arich background of distant galaxies. Astronomers used the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La SillaObservatory in Chile to capture the view. The ...

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. Helix's central ...