You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study ...

First identified in the early 19th century, the Helix Nebula is one of the closest to Earth, located about 650 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. Astronomers have long studied it ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.

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A new mystery about the colorful Ring Nebula has again caught attention in space.A huge bar of iron has been discovered ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Ring Nebula, a stunning celestial structure residing in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy, was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1779 and has ...

In 1993, when the Hubble Space Telescope surveyed the Orion nebula for the first time, its images provided a substantial boost for the argument that stars with planetary systems are commonplace in the ...

A colossal bar of iron hidden inside the Ring Nebula may be the ghostly remains of a planet destroyed by a dying star.

Nebulae are some of the most beautiful structures to be found in space: vast clouds of dust and gas that are illuminated by light from nearby stars. These regions are often busy sites of star ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious 'iron bar' in the heart of a nearby nebula that could offer a glimpse into Earth's grizzly fate. The strip of ionised iron atoms was spotted stretching across ...