The clue to the central star's nomadic past comes in the form of a distinct bow shock observed adjacent to the star — a telltale sign the star is plowing through the nebula, compressing gas and dust ...

NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, is an emission nebula lit from within by the hot, young star SAO 20575.

Stretching more than three light-years across, the planetary nebula is essentially the slowly-cooling corpse of a dead star, illuminated at the center by a white dwarf that has befuddled ...

Recent research has uncovered what appears to be the grizzly death of an exoplanet in the nearby Helix Nebula, which seems to have been devoured by a dying star. Researchers have been detecting X ...

Get ready to be amazed! NASA’s stunning nebula images showcase the beauty of vast interstellar clouds, leaving you in awe of ...

As a result, they found that the central star of this nebula is surrounded by a dusty ring. The finding was detailed in a paper published April 1 on the arXiv preprint server. Planetary nebulae ...

Originally predicted to go nova in 2024, buzz about binary star system T Coronae Borealis was rekindled by NASA in early May ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a striking cosmic vista featuring the grand design spiral galaxy M81 alongside the ...

The snapshot features the vivid red nebula Sh2-46 — also known as Gum 80 — lit up in a fiery hue due to intense radiation coming from a brilliant blue-white star nestled at its heart.