This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars ...

Helix Nebula, known as "Eye of God," illustrates a dying star's gas cloud; Hubble captured this stunning planetary nebula image.

and the Chandra X-ray Observatory are valuable tools in the investigation of planetary nebulae. Their abilities go far beyond ...

A planetary nebula marks the end of 90% of all stars active lives and traces the star’s transition from a red giant to a degenerate white dwarf. But, for years, scientists weren’t sure if the sun in ...

"Planetary nebulae were once thought to be simple, round objects with a single dying star at the center," astronomer Roger Wesson of Cardiff University said in a previous statement. "It begs the ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. ABSTRACT The planetary nebula M94‐20 in the Large Magellanic Cloud was serendipitously observed with the Space Telescope Imaging ...