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 Hubble Space Telescope has captured spectacular images of the Red Spider Nebula, showcasing its fiery red hues and spider-like structure. The nebula has a prominent two-lobed shape, possibly due ...
For more than three decades, this venerable old telescope has been peering out into space, observing stars, galaxies, and nebulae to understand ... end of its life as a red giant and threw off ...
From the iconic 'Pillars of Creation' to the vivid colours of the Lagoon Nebula, check out these 7 astonishing photos of ...
An international team of astronomers led by Stefan Kimeswenger from the Department of Astro and Particle Physics, together ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed enigmatic rings in the planetary nebula NGC 1514 ... from a main sequence star into a red giant or white dwarf.
The Serpens Nebula is a prime location for studying the formation of stars and planets. It is approximately 1,300 light-years from Earth.
The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering ... the light of ionized nitrogen (represented by red), hydrogen (green), and doubly ionized oxygen ...
But, its most distinctive feature is the dark, starry gap called a “superbubble,” visible in this Hubble Space Telescope image. Crab Nebula: In celebration of the 29th anniversary of the ...