This stunning image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation where the two small planetary nebulas can be ...

Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying ...

An international team of astronomers led by Stefan Kimeswenger from the Department of Astro and Particle Physics, together ...

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Stars are born from vast clouds of gas and dust, known as nebulae, that are scattered throughout most galaxies. Over thousands to millions of years ...

The Serpens Nebula is a prime location for studying the formation of stars and planets. It is approximately 1,300 light-years from Earth.

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

In the vastness of space, nebulae—massive ... leading to the ejection of outer layers that form a planetary nebula around the dying star. Ultimately, the core cools into a white dwarf and ...

Approximately 2,600 lightyears away from Earth, the nebula was born from a dying star that expelled its outer layers into space. What makes these nebulae truly breath-taking is their variety of shapes ...

Such stars eventually blow off the material of their outer layers, which creates an expanding shell of gas called a planetary nebula. Within this nebula, the hot core of the star remains—crushed ...