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 ...

"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.

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 ...

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

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

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

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 ...