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.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team A vast stellar nursery is located 4,000 light-years away at the heart of the Lagoon Nebula ... Caldwell 18 is a dwarf galaxy and a satellite ...

Lagoon Nebula: Located in in the Sagittarius, this cosmic cloud displays swirling pinks and blues from young stars. It is about 4,000 light-years away from us. In this false-color image ...

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 Lagoon: Located about 4000 light-years away, the Lagoon Nebula is an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This stunning nebula was first catalogued by Italian astronomer ...

The central star of the Ring Nebula, which is becoming a white dwarf, has a mass of about 0.61 solar masses and its effective temperature is estimated to be around 135,000 K. The star consists ...

Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty A New York woman is suing Disney resorts after she claimed she was injured by a “mammoth wave” at the Typhoon Lagoon water park.

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Helix nebula, as viewed by the Chandra X-ray observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and ...