Something is amiss in the Butterfly Nebula. When astronomers compared two exposures of this planetary nebula that had been taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009 and 2020, they saw dramatic ...

Astronomers suspect there is at least one other star interacting with the material cast off by the central dying star in NGC 6072, creating the abnormal appearance of this planetary nebula. Credit: ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...

Scientists released the first image of a dying star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI The Southern Ring Nebula looks as though a bomb dropped into an ocean, ...

The jug-like structure is a rare and short-lived double-lobed planetary nebula. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The stellar ...

Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing gas expelled by low-intermediate mass stars late in their lives can come in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Known as one of the most complex nebulae in the universe, NGC 6543 ...

The two spiral arms winding towards the bright centre might deceive you into thinking you are looking at a galaxy a bit like our Milky Way. But the object starring in this image is of a different ...

The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble’s longest-running optical camera, ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare celestial jewel -- a so-called Planetary Nebula (PN) inside a 500 million-year-old Galactic Open Cluster (OC) called M37 (also known as NGC2099). This is a very rare ...

NASA released two images on Tuesday, which the James Webb Space Telescope captured of the Southern Ring Nebula, an enormous cloud of dust and gas 2,000 light-years away from Earth. Webb's infrared ...