The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

Astronomers have been given a new and incredibly detailed look at a very familiar astronomical object thanks to the James ...

This new image of a portion of the Helix Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope highlights cometlike knots, fierce ...

A closer look at the Helix Nebula reveals how dying stars shed material, shape space, and hint at the distant future of our own Sun.

The Ring Nebula is a bright shell of gas in the constellation Lyra. It has long served as a textbook example of how stars ...

"One thing popped out as clear as anything, this previously unknown 'bar' of ionized iron atoms, in the middle of the ...

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 ...

Astronomers found an iron bar in the Ring Nebula that doesn't match any known stellar phenomenon. Scientists can't explain ...

A new mystery about the colorful Ring Nebula has again caught attention in space.A huge bar of iron has been discovered ...

Researchers have discovered a strange shape within a well-known nebula, which has offered a potential insight into the fate ...

First spotted in the early 1800s, the celestial object has become one of the most iconic planetary nebulae in the sky, often ...