A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

Debris from the former planet would produce X-rays as it fell upon the star. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory released the image of the nebula, with the white dwarf at the center, us ing data ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

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

This discovery marks a major breakthrough in astronomy and the ongoing search for planets outside our solar system.

Now, data from two X-ray telescopes, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, has uncovered the grim fate of a planet there. The Helix Nebula is called a ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

The Ring Nebula is a well-known space icon shaped like a doughnut about 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Lyra.. But astronomers think it's been holding a secret that only the ...