A nebula is a distinct luminescent part of the interstellar environment, and as far as these features go, the Helix Nebula is ...

The universe never ceases to amaze, and the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have provided an incredibly detailed glimpse into one of the cosmos' most intriguing structures—the ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

What might the solar system resemble if the sun were to shed its outer atmosphere, leaving its core behind? A fresh perspective on the Helix Nebula, an iconic planetary nebula known as NGC 7293, using ...

'We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to where the sun and planets were forming.' When you purchase through links on ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

Tiny shavings from a single meteorite could completely overturn our understanding of how the solar system formed, after the space rock turned out to be older than expected. Previous research suggests ...

MIT scientists analyzed one of several particles (shown in black) from the asteroid Ryugu, and found evidence that a weak magnetic field likely existed in the outer solar system where the asteroid is ...