This dramatic event formed the beautiful Necklace Nebula, also known as PN G054.2-03.4, located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta (the Arrow).

The Necklace Nebula lies about 15,000 light-years away and has a diameter of about 2 light-years. This planetary nebula formed thanks to a pair of Sun-like stars in a close binary system at the ...

The nebula's official name is PN G054.203.4 and it's located 15,000 light-years from Earth in "the Arrow" constellation Sagitta. The image is a new, improved version of a previous view of the ...

Appropriately named for its glamorous appearance, the Necklace Nebula formed its unique structure roughly 10,000 years ago, when an aging star widened and absorbed a smaller, neighboring star ...

The Necklace Nebula — which also goes by the less glamorous name of PN G054.2-03.4 — was produced by a pair of tightly orbiting ... This escaping ring of debris formed the Necklace Nebula, ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has unveiled its first close-up image of the cosmos, offering an extraordinary new perspective ...

NASA today released a portrait of the glowing green remnants of a dying binary star system called the Necklace Nebula. Astronomers discovered the system, also known as PN G054.2-03.4, during the ...

Explaining how the Necklace Nebula was formed, NASA wrote, ''About 10,000 years ago, an aging star expanded to the point where it was immersed into its companion star.

The Necklace Nebula, also known by its less poetic designation PN G054.203.4, was formed around 25,000 years ago by a pair of Sun-like stars locked in a close orbital embrace.

Researchers may have discovered how the famous Cat's Eye Nebula may have formed. The iconic nebula, discovered approximately 3300 light-years away from Earth in 1786, boasts a pair of symmetric ...

NASA explained that the Necklace Nebula was formed by a duo of aging Sun-like stars in close orbit. Initially, one of the aging stars expanded and swallowed its smaller companion.

The nebula was ejected only about 4,000 years ago, researchers say. "The James Webb Space Telescope has provided us with an extraordinary view of the Ring Nebula that we’ve never seen before ...