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 ...

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 European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) VISTA telescope, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, has captured a striking new image of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293). This picture, taken in infrared light, ...

NASA has taken to its exoplanets X account to highlight an image captured by multiple of its telescopes, writing "something's watching". The space agency explains in its X post that it appears the ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Helix nebula, as viewed by the Chandra X-ray observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and European ...

Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three or more objects or events you can see in the sky.

The United States’ independence day is over for the year, but a new image of one of Earth’s cosmic neighbors reveals an explosive spectacle. One of the closest nebulae to us displays dramatic firework ...

A photo allegedly showing the Helix Nebula and that was said to have been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was circulating online in late November 2024.

An Exoplanet is simply put, a planet that orbits a star which is not the Sun. The can be hard to see directly through the use of a telescope as their stars' bright light tend to hide them. As such, ...

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