One of just a few planetary nebulae in Charles Messier’s catalog, the Ring Nebula (M57) looks just as its name indicates: a ring-shaped cloud in space, glowing green. Mark Hanson ...

Thanks to the James Webb telescope, we can now see the nebula with more clarity. As one expert says, "We always knew planetary nebulae were pretty. What we see now is spectacular." ...

The planetary nebula K4-47 is enriched in 13C, 15N and 17O isotopes. Observations reveal that a particular planetary nebula — the ejected envelope of an old star — is unusually enriched in ...

Many more planetary nebulae await you in Cygnus the Swan. Download this table for detailed information about 53 planetaries, including where to find them and how they are classed.

Planetary nebula: The Helix Nebula. This is composed of expanding gas that was blown off by a star as it collapsed to a white dwarf. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester, A. Loll (ASU)) ...

Gazing into a planetary nebula 2,500 light-years away in space may remind people the sun will eventually die, too. WIll it also go out with a light show?

Scientists predict the Sun will turn into a planetary nebula when it dies - which will be in about ten billion years SCIENCE boffins have figured out what will happen when the sun dies and how ...

At the heart of the double-lobed Toby Jug planetary nebula is the red-giant star HR3126, which at just 50 million years old, is considerably younger than the 4.6-billion-year-old sun. HR3126 ...

The Butterfly Nebula is changing, and astronomers are puzzled as to why these changes are occurring. Observations of this planetary nebula show dramatic changes in the butterfly’s ‘wings’ in ...

Planetary nebula seen through space telescope. Posted: April 16, 2025 | Last updated: April 16, 2025. Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514, also known as the crystal ball ...