Earlier telescopes, including Hubble, revealed the Helix as a serene, eye-shaped glow. Webb presents a more intimate view, ...
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 ...
IS this what the end of days looks like after the Sun has swallowed Earth up? Fear not, we’ve got some time to go – ...
A closer look at the Helix Nebula reveals how dying stars shed material, shape space, and hint at the distant future of our ...
It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.
Astronomy helps scientists understand how stars are born, live, and eventually die. One key question people often ask is what ...
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 ...
Webb’s breathtaking view of the Helix Nebula shows a dying star’s final breath becoming the seeds of future worlds.
First spotted in the early 1800s, the celestial object has become one of the most iconic planetary nebulae in the sky, often ...
The Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57, sits about 2,000 light-years from Earth. It is a planetary nebula—a misleading ...