The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

A new Webb image captures a zoomed-in view of the iconic nebula, also known as the Eye of Sauron or Eye of God for its ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of ...

What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star (out of frame in the closer new image) sheds its outer layers. As expelled ...

A vast band of iron cutting across the Ring Nebula may be the remains of something far more dramatic than gas and dust, ...

Intricacies of Helix Nebula… This new image of a portion of the Helix Nebula from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a ...

Astronomers studying the famous Ring Nebula have uncovered an unexpected and puzzling feature: a massive cloud of iron atoms ...

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 ...