When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying ...

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Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated ...

New research is reshaping how scientists understand the earliest days of Earth’s formation—suggesting that the deep interior ...