The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...
A new Webb image captures a zoomed-in view of the iconic nebula, also known as the Eye of Sauron or Eye of God for its ...
"One thing popped out as clear as anything, this previously unknown 'bar' of ionized iron atoms, in the middle of the ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured detailed images of gas and dust shaped by a dying star in the Helix Nebula, ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of ...
A strange, elongated cloud of metal has appeared at the heart of one of the sky’s most familiar dead stars, and it may be the ...
For centuries, the Ring Nebula has captivated astronomers with its stunning, glowing appearance, but a recent discovery has ...
What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star ...
A famous night-sky object has yielded a surprise: a narrow, bar-shaped cloud made of highly ionized iron. The discovery comes ...
NASA spots a rare, glowing gourd-like structure racing at one million mph—then watches it transform in the blink of an eye ...
Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...