This breathtaking picture reveals a star 'destructing' - and possibly 'murdering' a nearby planet.The never-before-seen ...

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 colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center ...

A 40-year-old space enigma has been unraveled: a white dwarf star at the center of the Helix Nebula has been annihilating a nearby planet, triggering strange X-ray radiation, which unveiled the star's ...

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is located 650 million light-years from Earth. It is the glowing remains of a dying star, much like our Sun.

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.

Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying ...

New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory telescope and the European Space ... the first case of a planet seen to be destroyed by the central star in a planetary nebula," the CXC explained.

If confirmed, says the group, these findings would "be the first case of a planet seen to be destroyed by the central star in a planetary nebula." That's because, even if X-ray behavior such as ...

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, much like the environment of the early ...

That's because it's difficult to explain how an event could be violent enough to eject a planet from its star system at high speeds while not separating it from a binary partner. Breaking space ...