Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...

New research is reshaping how scientists understand the earliest days of Earth’s formation—suggesting that the deep interior ...

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet. Dating back to 1980, X ...

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

Helix Nebula’s X-ray emissions linked to planetary destruction White dwarf WD 2226-210 may be accreting planetary debris Researchers suggest a Jupiter-like planet was torn apart ...

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

We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being torn to shreds and raining down on the star. The Helix Nebula is an eye-catching sight in the sky – and not ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

Stunning new imagery and other data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal new details about a pair of enigmatic infrared ring structures accompanying a distant planetary nebula. The new ...