A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where the ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

Within the Flame Nebula, there are objects so small that their cores will never be able to fuse hydrogen like full-fledged stars—brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs, often called "failed stars," over ...

A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.

The stabilized object is now a main-sequence star fusing hydrogen to helium in its core. This near-infrared image of a portion of the Flame Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to sleuth out some of these objects, called brown dwarfs, in a ...

the Veil Nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sankrit “This view combines images taken in three different filters by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, highlighting emission from hydrogen, sulfur ...

The Veil Nebula is roughly 2,400 light-years away ... different filters by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and highlights hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms. It is showing only a tiny fraction ...

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284 ... Sh2-284 lacks elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, much like the environment of the early universe, according to a statement from NASA.