A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study ...

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The Helix Nebula has long been a favorite target for backyard telescopes, a pale blue eye staring out from the constellation Aquarius. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has turned that familiar ...

A closer look at the Helix Nebula reveals how dying stars shed material, shape space, and hint at the distant future of our ...

This celestial wonder sits unassumingly near the head of the northern constellation Cepheus the King within 20° of the North Celestial Pole. Despite its low overall magnitude, the Bow-tie Nebula (also ...

Few things are as captivating as a dark, star-filled sky. But the stars we see and enjoy don’t just “exist”; they all came into being long ago inside of ...

Researchers have developed a novel technique using pulsar signals to more accurately measure the distances and structure of the Gum Nebula, placing the famous Vela pulsar back within its glowing shell ...