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

For over forty years, astronomers have been baffled by X-rays from the white dwarf at the center of the Helix Nebula. A white ...

In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is kicking off the ...

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

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

The cluster, full of more than 2,500 newborn stars that blaze blue in the Hubble image, is in a galaxy with far fewer heavy chemical substances than the Milky Way. It's mostly made of hydrogen and ...

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.

A 40-year-old space enigma has been unraveled: a white dwarf star at the center of the Helix Nebula has been annihilating a nearby planet, triggering strange X-ray radiation, which unveiled the star's ...

NGC 4826, also known as the Black Eye Galaxy, Messier 64, or M64, is a spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices, famous for its dark band of dust across ...

SPHEREx's new images — containing roughly 100,000 points of light stars, galaxies and nebulae — have confirmed that the ...

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