These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

The Eye of Sauron nebula, the Helix nebula, has a giant white dwarf, and the Webb telescope has just got a good look at it. New images taken by the NASA telescope show stellar winds and gas clouds ...

"One thing popped out as clear as anything, this previously unknown 'bar' of ionized iron atoms, in the middle of the ...

Earlier telescopes, including Hubble, revealed the Helix as a serene, eye-shaped glow. Webb presents a more intimate view, ...

Our beloved planet has seen giants that dwarf most animals alive today. These massive creatures lived across different time ...

Many observatories have captured the Helix Nebula, but none in such detail as the Webb.

As the Dark Energy Survey (DES) releases its final results, we caught up with two physicists who've been involved in the ...