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 ...

At the heart of the double-lobed Toby Jug planetary nebula is the red-giant star HR3126, which at just 50 million years old, is considerably younger than the 4.6-billion-year-old sun. HR3126 ...

"If confirmed, this would be the first case of a planet seen to be destroyed by the central star in a planetary nebula." Learning about planet death. NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...