The VLT recently captured an image of an object known as Ve 7–27, which was long thought to be a planetary nebula. However, ...

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

Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed ...

Few things are as captivating as a dark, star-filled sky. But the stars we see and enjoy don’t just “exist”; they all came into being long ago inside of ...

There, stretching across the heart of the cloud of cosmic dust and gas, lies a giant, oddly linear, bar-shaped cloud of ...

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

Webb’s breathtaking view of the Helix Nebula shows a dying star’s final breath becoming the seeds of future worlds.

A stunning new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope provides a closeup look a dying star and its irradiated ...

This image of the Helix Nebula from the ground-based Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (left) shows the full view ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest infrared observation of the Helix Nebula ever, displaying the death ...

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

The Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57, sits about 2,000 light-years from Earth. It is a planetary nebula—a misleading ...