The Cat's Eye Nebula, also known as NGC6543, formed when an aging sun-like star cast its outer layers into space, forming a dense central cocoon of dust surrounded by a diffuse veil of stellar ...

The planetary nebula is located 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. Amateur astrophotographer Emil Andronic has captured a striking image of the Cat's Eye Nebula from his home ...

These are the spectacular death throes of a distant star. The Cat's Eye Nebula is three thousand light years away - but its fate is the one that likely awaits our own sun.