Since they were first detected over four decades ago, unusually powerful x-ray emissions originating from the site of a dying ...

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The ...

Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs ...

The Helix Nebula, also called NGC 7293, is a natural wreath surrounding a dying star. This breathtaking image of the Helix Nebula was captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The Helix Nebula is ...

About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...

This color-composite image of the Helix Nebula was created from images obtained using the the Wide Field Imager, an astronomical camera attached to the 2.2 meter Max-Planck Society/ESO telescope ...

For more than 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals coming from the Helix Nebula, a cloud of gas ...

The Orion Nebula, 1,344 light-years away, shines in vibrant colors and serves as a stellar nursery for new stars. The Helix Nebula, 650 light-years away, resembles a cosmic eye formed by a dying ...

Orion Nebula: It is a cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation Orion. Thousands of stars are being born there. NGC 281: Dark, dense clumps of gas and dust known as 'Bok globules' can be ...

The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering the nebula's eerie interior bluish glow. The Bubble Nebula is 7 light-years across and resides 7,100 ...

Co-author Martin Guerrero from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia told Phys.org that debris from the shattered planet ...