X-ray signal from Helix Nebula points to planet destroyed by white dwarf
After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The ...
Dying Star Devours Planet: X-Ray Clues Unveil Cosmic Catastrophe
For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...
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The Helix Nebula (IMAGE)
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 ...
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A Distant White Dwarf Is Eating a Jupiter-Sized Planet for Lunch
About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...
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Dying star’s X-Ray mystery solved: A planet was destroyed!
For more than 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals coming from the Helix Nebula, a cloud of gas ...
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NGC 7293, better known as the Helix nebula, displays its ultraviolet glow courtesy of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX).
In this false-color image, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes have teamed up to capture the complex structure of Helix nebula in unprecedented detail. The composite picture is made up of ...