Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have ...
After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The ...
Stunning James Webb Space Telescope images reveal new details about a pair of mysterious infrared rings around planetary ...
The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...
Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.
Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now ...
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...
About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...
On Feb. 28, seven planets—Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn—will all grace the early evening sky.
"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.
A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...
Co-author Martin Guerrero from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia told Phys.org that debris from the shattered planet ...