Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have ...

"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now ...

The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed enigmatic rings in the planetary nebula NGC 1514, ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

The Helix Nebula is a so-called planetary nebula, which is the late stage of a star that has ejected its outer layers of gas and left behind a dimmer and smaller ember of a star known as a white ...

About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...

Space scientists say they have located a planet killer capable of ripping worlds to pieces. Researchers believe they've found ...

Since they were first detected over four decades ago, unusually powerful x-ray emissions originating from the site of a dying ...