The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...

For over forty years, astronomers have been baffled by X-rays from the white dwarf at ... gold and dark blue. Previously: • Webb telescope spots baby Jupiters in distant nebula • 35 years ...

dark “black dwarf.” That said, the universe is not old enough for any black dwarfs to exist yet. In any case, the observations from the Helix Nebula are a fascinating representation of the ...

A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the ...

The best explanation, the scientists say, is that the ruins of a Jupiter-sized world continuously fall onto the nebula’s white dwarf star, getting frazzled and glowing in X-rays. We summarize ...

NASA released stunning images of the NGC 1514 nebula, showcasing the most vivid depiction of its dual rings ever captured. The Webb telescope's Mid-Infrared ...

The Helix nebula as it exists today is the late stage of a star that has ejected its outer layers of gas and left behind a smaller, dimmer ember of a star known as a white dwarf. Telescopes ...

dark blue), and ultraviolet data from GALEX (purple) of the Helix Nebula. Data from Chandra indicates that this white dwarf has destroyed a very closely orbiting planet.