In this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, "cometary knots" on the Helix Nebula show blue-green heads caused by excitation of their molecular material from shocks or ultraviolet radiation.

Helix Nebula’s X-ray emissions linked to planetary destruction White dwarf WD 2226-210 may be accreting planetary debris Researchers suggest a Jupiter-like planet was torn apart ...

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet. Dating back to 1980, X ...

Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand. The Helix Nebula, otherwise known as NGC7293, is a favourite among amateur astronomers.

The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun that exploded about 10,000 years ago, the Veil Nebula is situated about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. This view ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. This Hubble ...

Hubble captures a detailed image of the Tarantula Nebula The nebula features cosmic dust crucial for star formation Scientists study dust’s role in planetary evolution ...

Astronomers may finally have settled the question of what is causing highly energetic X-rays from WD 2226-210, a white dwarf star located at the center of the Helix Nebula. The Helix Nebula is a ...

A mesmerising image of the Witch Head Nebula, scientifically known as IC 2118, was captured by the Al-Khatim Astronomical Observatory in Abu Dhabi. The stunning photo, taken after an intense ...

The signal, which scientists have been working to untangle for more than 40 years, is thought to be the "death knell" of an exoplanet destroyed by a star in the Helix Nebula. Astronomers first ...