One of the extreme northern sky’s most entertaining deep-sky objects, the Cat’s Eye Nebula in Draco (NGC 6543), is a planetary nebula with a high surface brightness. Discovered by William ...

The Stingray Nebula: It is the youngest known planetary nebula, formed by a star rapidly turning into a white dwarf. During the process, it releases gas and dust into space. The Crab Nebula ...

Delicate wings of hot gas spew from a dying star, showcasing a stunning planetary nebula 2,500-3,800 light-years away. A metallic, jewel-like nebula formed by a massive red giant star swallowing ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an unprecedentedly sharp image of planetary nebula NGC 1514, revealing intricate details of its dying star. Located 1,500 light-years away, the nebula ...

Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514, also known as the crystal ball nebula, came into complete focus thanks to what NASA said is mid-infrared data from its James Webb ...

WAVY Norfolk Planetary nebula seen through space telescope Posted: April 16, 2025 | Last updated: April 16, 2025 Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514, also known as the ...

is that the ruins of a Jupiter-sized world continuously fall onto the nebula’s white dwarf star, getting frazzled and glowing in X-rays. “We don’t know very much about how planetary systems ...

"We think this X-ray signal could be from planetary debris pulled onto the white dwarf, as the death knell from a planet that was destroyed by the white dwarf in the Helix Nebula," explained lead ...

A planetary nebula is a star in its late stage that has shed its outer layers, leaving behind a small dim star at its center known as a white dwarf, explains the Chandra X-ray Center (CXC ...

The Spirograph Nebula: Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus. Light and shadow in the Carina Nebula ...