The Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years from Earth, has baffled scientists for decades. The planetary nebula was created by ...

A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

The edge of a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 3324, found at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula, forms the 'mountains' and 'valleys' spanning this image captured by the James Webb Space ...

Emission nebulae are glowing, spread-out clouds of ionized gas that shine with their own light. In this image of NGC 2313, the bright star V565 at the center lights up a silvery curtain of gas and ...

Lagoon Nebula: Located in in the Sagittarius, this cosmic cloud displays swirling pinks and blues from young stars. It is about 4,000 light-years away from us. In this false-color image ...

fueling the continued formation of massive stars in the heart of the nursery. "The inhabitants of this cluster are stellar sculptors, carving out a bubble within the nebula," NASA writes.

A 40-year-old space enigma has been unraveled: a white dwarf star at the center of the Helix Nebula has been annihilating a ...

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI A huge bipolar outflow ... image — but if we could imagine zooming in right to the heart of the nebula, between its two lobes, or "wings," we would find the two ...