The X-ray observations of the Cat's Eye Nebula reveal a hot gas cloud around a bright star, which is shedding its material and expected to collapse into a white dwarf in several million years.
The cosmos has once again unveiled its grandeur through the lens of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid space telescope.
Researchers have detected an unusually large, previously undetected molecule in the Cat's Paw Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,500 light-years from Earth. At 13 atoms, the compound ...
The Cat’s Eye Nebula takes centre stage in a sparkling sea of stars and galaxies (ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi) ...
M57, also known as the Ring Nebula, is a planetary nebula—the glowing remnant of a sun-like star. At its center lies a tiny white dot, the star’s hot core, known as a white dwarf.
The Cat's Eye Nebula is no different. The kind of nebula produced by stars like our Sun — but later in life — often have curious qualities that leave us mesmerised,” NASA once shared on ...