A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

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

This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center ...

Appropriately named, Helene is a Trojan moon, so called because it orbits at a Lagrange point. Two protostars are hidden in a single pixel near the center of a striking hourglass-shaped nebula in this ...

A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.

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

The Rose Galaxies, known as Arp 273, showcase two galaxies gracefully entwined by gravity, with the larger galaxy’s spiral arms encircling the smaller one, forming a stunning rose-like structure. The ...

has formed a cosmic hourglass — and the James Webb Space Telescope imaged the scene in splendiferous detail. How does the birth of stars form a nebula like this? Well, stars grow by accreting ...