You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study ...
A nebula is a distinct luminescent part of the interstellar environment, and as far as these features go, the Helix Nebula is ...
It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.
In the Helix Nebula, a star much like our own is dying. Its death, though, creates a spectacle for us to appreciate now we ...
The universe never ceases to amaze, and the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have provided an incredibly detailed glimpse into one of the cosmos' most intriguing structures—the ...
NASA released images of the Helix Nebula, showing how a Sun-like star dies. The visuals offer a preview of our solar system’s ...
We know what will happen to the Sun and our Solar System because we can look outward into the galaxy and examine older ...
First spotted in the early 1800s, the celestial object has become one of the most iconic planetary nebulae in the sky, often ...