The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293) represents a dying star known as a planetary nebula.The new picture, released Wednesday (Oct. 3), combines data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which ...

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on March 4, 2025, the composite photo shows a potentially destructive white ...

The closest nebula to Earth is the Helix Nebula, which is about 700 light years away from Earth. Space telescopes are invaluable for studying nebulae, which are often faint and dim. Earth's ...

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, a group of astronomers captured the raging celestial object that’s located around 2,700 light-years away from Earth.

Accretion onto WD 2226-210, the central star of the Helix Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . Vol. 536, January 2025, p. 2477. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae2733.

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 ...

The nebula was ejected only about 4,000 years ago, researchers say. "The James Webb Space Telescope has provided us with an extraordinary view of the Ring Nebula that we’ve never seen before ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captures the bright Orion Nebula. Credit: ESA / Webb / NASA / CSA / M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) / PDRs4All ERS Team Astronomers have detected for the first time in space a ...

A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in space. Many nebulae form as stars die, and some nebulae are regions where new stars are born, according to NASA.The Ring Nebula sits about 2,500 light-years ...

30 Doroadus aka the Tarantula Nebula for its silky spiderweb like appearance. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...