A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region.

this would be the first case of a planet seen to be destroyed by the central star in a planetary nebula." This finding isn't only a grizzly curiosity. It is also an important way for scientists to ...

We are seeing vast clouds of ionized atoms and molecules, thrown into space by a dying star. This is a planetary nebula named ...

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.

This image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the “mountains” and “valleys” formed at the edge of a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 3324, located in the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula.

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

According to a press release, astronomers may investigate the last phases of a dying star with fresh James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images. Showing a Taurus constellation planetary nebula 1,500 ...

Astronomers pointed the powerful James Webb Space Telescope at planetary nebula NGC 1514, where a star is shedding copious amounts of gas into the universe as it gradually exhausts its fuel and ...

Why it's so special: The death of a star can be the catalyst for one ... (JWST), which recently turned its gaze toward a planetary nebula called NGC 1514. According to NASA, planetary nebulas ...

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 ...