NASA's Spitzer and GALEX telescopes have observed the Helix nebula, a planetary nebula that glows in space like a giant cosmic eye.

As you spin the strands, they braid around each other in a double helix fashion. In this case the gas and dust of the nebula makes up the strands.

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on March 4, 2025, the composite photo shows a potentially destructive white ...

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, a group of astronomers captured the raging celestial object that’s located around 2,700 light-years away from Earth.

Comets Clash at Heart of Helix NebulaA bunch of rowdy comets are colliding and kicking up dust around a dead star, according to new observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The dead ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists found a dusty disk surrounding the dying white dwarf creating the famous Ring Nebula.

New images of the Ring Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are helping scientists study how planetary nebulae form and chemical evolution within them.

The Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Ring Nebula with its two primary imagers, revealing the gaseous formation in never-before-seen detail. The breathtaking images show the hydrogen-rich ...

Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying and grisly secret.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of scientists found a Holy Grail carbon compound for the first time in space. The discovery is thought to be a crucial ingredient for life as we know it.

The powerful NASA/ESA/CSA space telescope released chilling new images of 30 Doradus aka the Tarantula Nebula yesterday.