The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, ... and indicates that this dying star may have gobbled up an orbiting planet that flew too close to its dying sun.

The Helix Nebula is called a planetary nebula ... a Neptune-sized planet that is orbiting extremely close to the star, ... The theory goes that as this Jupiter-sized planet was ripped up, ...

Dating back to 1980, X-ray missions have picked up an unusual reading from the center of the Helix Nebula. Using today's most powerful X-ray missions, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's ...

Accretion onto WD 2226-210, the central star of the Helix Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . Vol. 536, January 2025, p. 2477. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae2733.

DALLAS (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula, showing the “mane” in finer detail. The Horsehead Nebula, in the ...

National News A horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos by NASA’s Webb telescope Discovered over a century ago, its nickname derives from its striking appearance — a wispy pillar ...

DALLAS (AP) — NASA's Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula, showing the "mane" in finer detail.