The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

The Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years from Earth, has baffled scientists for decades. The planetary nebula was created by a dying star that shed its outer layers of gas, leaving behind a small ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

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 ...

A new study lends support to the notion that JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects) discovered by the James Webb Space ...

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...

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

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much ...

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

Planetary Nebula: An ionised shell of gas expelled by a dying star in the late stages of stellar evolution. Central Star: The remnant core of a star that emits high-energy radiation, ionising the ...